what regions did The Trail of Tears take place in?

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The Trail of Tears took place in various regions within the United States. It primarily occurred in the southeastern part of the country, specifically in the states of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida. These were the areas where Native American tribes, primarily the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole, were forcefully relocated from their ancestral lands to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) between 1830 and 1850.