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The Trail of Tears - Quiz

Can you answer these questions about the forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of about 60,000 Native Americans, known as the Trail of Tears?
Sources: Britannica; National Musem of the American Indian; Map
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The Five Civilized Tribes who were forced to relocate
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Creek (Muscogee)
Seminole
Modern US States crossed by the displaced tribes
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kentucky
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Tennessee
"Indian Territory" Modern State to which the tribes were deported
Oklahoma
Law authorizing the ethnic cleansing of Native Americans through their forced relocation
Indian Removal Act
Year in which this law was signed and the displacement started
1830
US President who signed this act
Andrew Jackson
Chief of tribe #1 who resisted the act, before being forced to conduct his tribe to the Indian Territory
John Ross
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4 Comments
AnAmerican
+2
Level 78
Apr 1, 2026
Definitely one of the most shameful times in American history and not something that should be forgotten.

Nice quiz!

interopia
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Level 90
Apr 1, 2026
Interesting quiz! P.S. Should be "forced" in the final clue.
JuFe
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Level 28
Apr 2, 2026
US of A, the country of freedom, the land of the free... it depends for whom.

Canada is not really better on the topic either.

Elboy
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Level 75
Apr 7, 2026
And most European countries can also be ashamed of certain periods in their History. The main thing is to be aware of it and to talk about it so as not to forget.
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