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{{Important}}{{Act of Villainy|Image = Routes-statistics-events-Trail-of-Tears.jpg|perpetrator = [[Andrew Jackson]] [[Martin Van Buren]]|crimes = [[Genocide]] [[Ethnic cleansing]] [[Hate Speech]] Mass [[murder]] [[Negrophobia]] [[Misogyny]] [[Rape]] [[Xenophobia]] [[Anti-Native American Sentiment]] [[War crimes]]|date = 1831-1838|location = Southeastern parts of the United States|motive = Clear up 25 million acres of land for white settlers}}{{Quote|Five thousand [Native Americans] finally consented to be marched westward, but another fifteen thousand clung to their neat farms, schools, and libraries 'of good books.' So General Winfield Scott set about systematically extirpating the rebellious ones. Squads of soldiers descended upon isolated Cherokee farms and at bayonet point marched the families off to what today would be known as concentration camps. ...they were set off on a thousand mile march—called to this day 'the trail of tears'.|Peter Farb, ''Man's Rise to Civilization''}}

{{Important}}{{Act of Villainy|Image = Routes-statistics-events-Trail-of-Tears.jpg|perpetrator = [[Andrew Jackson]] [[Martin Van Buren]]|crimes = [[Genocide]] [[Ethnic cleansing]] [[Hate Speech]] Mass [[murder]] [[Negrophobia]] [[Misogyny]] [[Rape]] [[Xenophobia]] [[Anti-Native American Sentiment]] [[War crimes]]|date = 1831 - 1838|location = Southeastern parts of the United States|motive = Clear up 25 million acres of land for white settlers}}{{Quote|Five thousand [Native Americans] finally consented to be marched westward, but another fifteen thousand clung to their neat farms, schools, and libraries 'of good books.' So General Winfield Scott set about systematically extirpating the rebellious ones. Squads of soldiers descended upon isolated Cherokee farms and at bayonet point marched the families off to what today would be known as concentration camps. ...they were set off on a thousand mile march—called to this day 'the trail of tears'.|Peter Farb, ''Man's Rise to Civilization''}}

The '''Trail of Tears''' is a name given to the forced relocation and [[ethnic cleansing]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States Native American] nations from southeastern parts of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] following the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act_of_1830 Indian Removal Act of 1830]. The removal included many members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee Cherokee], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscogee_%28Creek%29 Muscogee (Creek)], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole Seminole], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw Chickasaw], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw Choctaw] nations, among others in the United States, from their homelands to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Territory Indian Territory] (eastern sections of the present-day state of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma Oklahoma]). The phrase originated from a description of the removal of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw Choctaw] Nation in 1831.

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	{{Important}}{{Act of Villainy\|Image = Routes-statistics-events-Trail-of-Tears.jpg\|perpetrator = [[Andrew Jackson]]<br>[[Martin Van Buren]]\|crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Hate Speech]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]<br>[[War crimes]]\|date = 1831-1838\|location = Southeastern parts of the United States\|motive = Clear up 25 million acres of land for white settlers}}{{Quote\|Five thousand [Native Americans] finally consented to be marched westward, but another fifteen thousand clung to their neat farms, schools, and libraries 'of good books.' So General Winfield Scott set about systematically extirpating the rebellious ones. Squads of soldiers descended upon isolated Cherokee farms and at bayonet point marched the families off to what today would be known as concentration camps. ...they were set off on a thousand mile march—called to this day 'the trail of tears'.\|Peter Farb, ''Man's Rise to Civilization''}}		{{Important}}{{Act of Villainy\|Image = Routes-statistics-events-Trail-of-Tears.jpg\|perpetrator = [[Andrew Jackson]]<br>[[Martin Van Buren]]\|crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Hate Speech]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]<br>[[War crimes]]\|date = 1831 - 1838\|location = Southeastern parts of the United States\|motive = Clear up 25 million acres of land for white settlers}}{{Quote\|Five thousand [Native Americans] finally consented to be marched westward, but another fifteen thousand clung to their neat farms, schools, and libraries 'of good books.' So General Winfield Scott set about systematically extirpating the rebellious ones. Squads of soldiers descended upon isolated Cherokee farms and at bayonet point marched the families off to what today would be known as concentration camps. ...they were set off on a thousand mile march—called to this day 'the trail of tears'.\|Peter Farb, ''Man's Rise to Civilization''}}
	The '''Trail of Tears''' is a name given to the forced relocation and [[ethnic cleansing]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States Native American] nations from southeastern parts of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] following the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act_of_1830 Indian Removal Act of 1830]. The removal included many members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee Cherokee], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscogee_%28Creek%29 Muscogee (Creek)], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole Seminole], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw Chickasaw], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw Choctaw] nations, among others in the United States, from their homelands to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Territory Indian Territory] (eastern sections of the present-day state of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma Oklahoma]). The phrase originated from a description of the removal of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw Choctaw] Nation in 1831.		The '''Trail of Tears''' is a name given to the forced relocation and [[ethnic cleansing]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States Native American] nations from southeastern parts of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] following the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act_of_1830 Indian Removal Act of 1830]. The removal included many members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee Cherokee], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscogee_%28Creek%29 Muscogee (Creek)], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole Seminole], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw Chickasaw], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw Choctaw] nations, among others in the United States, from their homelands to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Territory Indian Territory] (eastern sections of the present-day state of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma Oklahoma]). The phrase originated from a description of the removal of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw Choctaw] Nation in 1831.