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The [[Trail of Tears]] was the act of removing Indians from their homelands from the states of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama , Kentucky, Virginia, Arkansas and Illinois. This action was put into place by the [[Indian removal act of 1830]]. The act was passed by congress on may 28th 1930 with a vote of 102-97 in favor of the act.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jahoda|first1=Gloria|title=The Trail of Tears|date=1975|publisher=Holt, Rinehart, and Winston|location=New York|page=48|edition=first|accessdate=11 October 2015}}</ref> [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]] was an area where the Trail of Tears crossed through the state making its way to Oklahoma. On noticeable point of interest on the route is Ross's Landing in [[Hamilton County]]. Over 2000 Cherokee Indians were held up at this location as a port before they were shipped out on three other routes as they were leaving their own homelands.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trail of Tears National Historic Trail|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pur1.32754073194890;view=1up;seq=83|publisher=Purdue Univeristy|accessdate=12 October 2015}}</ref> |
The [[Trail of Tears]] was the act of removing Indians from their homelands from the states of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama , Kentucky, Virginia, Arkansas and Illinois. This action was put into place by the [[Indian removal act of 1830]]. The act was passed by congress on may 28th 1930 with a vote of 102-97 in favor of the act.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jahoda|first1=Gloria|title=The Trail of Tears|date=1975|publisher=Holt, Rinehart, and Winston|location=New York|page=48|edition=first|accessdate=11 October 2015}}</ref> [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]] was an area where the Trail of Tears crossed through the state making its way to Oklahoma. On noticeable point of interest on the route is Ross's Landing in [[Hamilton County]]. Over 2000 Cherokee Indians were held up at this location as a port before they were shipped out on three other routes as they were leaving their own homelands.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trail of Tears National Historic Trail|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pur1.32754073194890;view=1up;seq=83|publisher=Purdue Univeristy|accessdate=12 October 2015}}</ref> Cherokee Indians were left with no choice and had to do what was made of them by the way of the law. The Cherokees had been know to be a polite group of people as long as no [http://whiskey whiskey] was involved. |
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The Trail of Tears was the act of removing Indians from their homelands from the states of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama , Kentucky, Virginia, Arkansas and Illinois. This action was put into place by the Indian removal act of 1830. The act was passed by congress on may 28th 1930 with a vote of 102-97 in favor of the act.[1] Chattanooga, Tennessee was an area where the Trail of Tears crossed through the state making its way to Oklahoma. On noticeable point of interest on the route is Ross's Landing in Hamilton County. Over 2000 Cherokee Indians were held up at this location as a port before they were shipped out on three other routes as they were leaving their own homelands.[2] Cherokee Indians were left with no choice and had to do what was made of them by the way of the law. The Cherokees had been know to be a polite group of people as long as no whiskey was involved.
- ^ Jahoda, Gloria (1975). The Trail of Tears (first ed.). New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. p. 48.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Trail of Tears National Historic Trail". Purdue Univeristy. Retrieved 12 October 2015.