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which option correctly describes what happened during the trail of Tears

Indigenous peoples fought Americans for control of the land.

Andrew Jackson convinced Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

James Monroe declared that European countries should stay out of the affairs of the western hemisphere.

Mandy indigenous people were forced to move west died of disease and exhaustion.

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The correct options that describe what happened during the Trail of Tears are:

  • Andrew Jackson convinced Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
  • Many indigenous people who were forced to move west died of disease and exhaustion.

The Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation of several Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the Southeastern United States to designated "Indian Territory" in present-day Oklahoma, resulting in great suffering and high mortality rates.