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Which statement about the Trail of Tears is NOT correct?
A.
The Cherokee began the thousand-mile journey in the winter of 1838 with little clothing and few supplies.
B.
During the journey, the Cherokee rested in government shelters constructed to help them along the route.
C.
The US Army forced the Cherokee into stockades and marched their captives westward at gunpoint.
D.
It is estimated that more than a quarter of the Cherokee that undertook the journey died along the way.
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The federal government did not set up shelters to aid the Cherokee on the march. Instead many were confined to stockades, given poor supplies, and suffered exposure and disease; roughly 4,000 of the ~16,000 removed (about a quarter) died on the Trail of Tears.
The federal government did not set up shelters to aid the Cherokee on the march. Instead many were confined to stockades, given poor supplies, and suffered exposure and disease; roughly 4,000 of the ~16,000 removed (about a quarter) died on the Trail of Tears.
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