"The Trail of Tears" "The Trail of Tears" is oil on canvas painted by Jerome Tiger, a full blooded Creek/Seminole Indian. ... In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act to free more eastern land for white settlement. This act allowed President Andrew Jackson to forcibly remove the eastern American Indian tribes to land west of the Mississippi River. Within ten years, the United States government had uprooted more than 70,000 American Indians and moved them into Oklahoma Indian Territory, now the state of Oklahoma. ... The life of Jerome Tiger were cut short by a self inflicted gun...

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Jackson thought progress was inevitable and the Indian land was needed to bring civilization to those areas. ... The main Indians being persecuted were the Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, and the Chickasaws. ... They were skilled in the art of white civilization. ... In May 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act. ... The Indian Removal Act forced all Indians tribes be moved west of the Mississippi River. ...

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