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They believed if they didn't move peacefully, they would be moved by force.

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"they blieved they would lose their land by force if they stayed" - apex
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The Cherokees had to move cause the settlers found out that the Cherokees found gold.


The Cherokee moved west because President Andrew Jackson and the US Army ignored the ruling of the US Supreme Court and forced them at gun point to go.
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The "Old Settlers" were Cherokee who migrated to Arkansas and Oklahoma about 1817. The Cherokee Nation are related to the people who were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma in the 1830s under the Indian Removal Act.

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It was a shameful time in American History caused by the greed to obtain Indian lands in Georgia.

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Why didn't the Cherokee nation want to move?

The Cherokee, as a tribe, did not resist movement to Oklahoma.


Where did president Jackson move the Cherokee Indians to?

Oklahoma--"Trail of Tears"


Why did the Cherokee settled in Oklahoma?

They believed if they didn't move peacefully, they would be moved by force.


What did the cheokee agree to move to Oklahoma?

They didn't AGREE. They were FORCED under military guard and WALKED the whole way.


What are facts are about the Cherokee?

The Cherokee Indian tribe use to live in Georgia,Kentucky, Tennessee Virginia, and the Carolinas.The Cherokee Indians were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800's.


Where were the Cherokee Choctaw Seminole creek and Chickasaw tribes forced to move to from the southeast U.S?

Oklahoma


Where were the Cherokee Choctaw Seminole Creek and Chickasaw tribes forces to move to from the southeast U.S?

Oklahoma


Do Cherokee Indians register in Oklahoma?

registering in the roll in oklahoma for cherokee indians


Where did the trail of tears relocate the Cherokees to?

The government created and enforced many "trails of tears". The one that history records made most famous was that of the Cherokee. Forced to walk thousands of miles from Georgia to Oklahoma, four thousand Indians are thought to have died. This removal was against the findings of the Supreme Court of the United States who said the Cherokee would have to agree with the removal. They never did.


What event in history did the Cherokee Indians were force to relocate?

The Trail of tears was when Cherokee Indians were forced to move into Indian territory or present-day Oklahoma.


What law helped force the Cherokee and others to leave the South and move to Oklahoma?

The Indian removal act


After the Cherokee Indians were removed from Oklahoma how many survived?

After the Cherokee Indians were removed from Oklahoma 10,000 survived