The Trail of Tears

Examples of The Trail of Tears in the following topics:

• Racial Prejudice in the Jackson Era

  • Although the Jackson presidency witnessed an expansion of liberty for some, it also saw the continued suppression of freedom for others.
  • Jacksonian Democracy drew its support from the small farmers of the West, and the workers, artisans and small merchants of the East.
  • In order to avoid expulsion, a faction of Cherokees signed the Treaty of New Echota in 1835, obtaining money in exchange for their land.
  • Along the way, many died of disease and deprivation in what became known as the "Trail of Tears".
  • Identify the demographic groups in which Jacksonian ideals found most favor and describe the Trail of Tears

• American Indian Policy and the Trail of Tears

  • The Indian Removal Act of 1830 set the stage for the forced relocation of American Indians from the east to the west.
  • This abrupt and forced removal resulted in the deaths of more than 4,000 Cherokees on what became known as the "Trail of Tears."
  • In 1987, about 2,200 miles of trails were authorized by federal law to mark the removal of seventeen detachments of the Cherokee people.
  • Called the "Trail of Tears National Historic Trail," it traverses portions of nine states and includes land and water routes.
  • This map illustrates the route of the Trail of Tears.

• Expansion and the Mexican-American War

  • With the end of the wartime alliance between Britain and the Native Americans east of the Mississippi River, American settlers moved in great numbers into the rich farmlands of the Midwest.
  • In the 1830s, the federal government forcibly deported the southeastern tribes to the Indian territory (now Oklahoma) via the "Trail of Tears. "
  • Other significant events included the opening of the Oregon Trail; the Mormon Emigration to Utah in 1846–47; the California Gold Rush of 1849; the Colorado Gold Rush of 1859; and the completion of the nation's First Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869.
  • American Progress is an allegorical representation of the modernization of the new west.
  • The different stages of economic activity of the pioneers are highlighted and, especially, the changing forms of transportation.

• Oregon and the Overland Trails

  • The eastern part of the trail spanned part of the future state of Kansas and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming.
  • The western half of the trail spanned most of then future states of Idaho and Oregon.
  • The beginnings of the Oregon Trail were laid by fur trappers and traders from about 1811 to 1840; these early trails were only passable on foot or by horseback.
  • The eastern half of the trail was also used by travelers on the California Trail (from 1843), Bozeman Trail (from 1863), and Mormon Trail (from 1847), who used many of the same trails before turning off to their separate destinations.
  • The path of the Oregon Trail, spanning the present-day states of Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon.

• The Migratory Stream

  • The actual migrants looked beyond fears of the unknown.
  • Wagon trails were cleared further and further west, eventually reaching all the way to the Willamette Valley in Oregon.
  • The eastern half of the trail was also used by travelers on the California Trail (from 1843), Bozeman Trail (from 1863), and Mormon Trail (from 1847), up to the respective locations at which the migrants on each turned off to their separate destinations.
  • In the "Wagon Train of 1843," some 700 to 1,000 migrants headed for Oregon.
  • These "go-backs" were a major source of information and excitement about the wonders and promises—and dangers and disappointments—of the far west.

• The Mormon Exodus

  • The Mormon Trail was the 1,300 mile route that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormon pioneers, traveled from 1846 to 1868.
  • Today the Mormon Trail is a part of the United States National Trails System, known as the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail.
  • From Council Bluffs, Iowa to Fort Bridger in Wyoming, the trail follows much the same route as the Oregon Trail and the California Trail; these trails are collectively known as the Emigrant Trail.
  • The trail was used for more than 20 years, until the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869.
  • Also shown are a portion of the route followed by the Mormon Battalion and the path followed by the handcart companies to the Mormon Trail.

• Normal Eye Microbiota

  • A small number of bacteria are normally present in the conjunctiva.
  • The human microbiome (or human microbiota) is the aggregate of microorganisms that reside on the surface and in deep layers of skin, in the saliva and oral mucosa, in the conjunctiva, and in the gastrointestinal tracts.
  • A small number of bacteria are normally present in the conjunctiva.
  • The tear system.
  • Give examples of the microorganisms found in the normal eye microbiota

• Em-Dashes and En-Dashes

  • Similarly, they can be used in place of an ellipsis to illustrate an instance where a sentence is stopped short because the speaker is interrupted or too emotional to continue.
  • When he saw his brother—his long-lost brother who disappeared six years prior—he broke down in tears.
  • An exception to the use of en dashes is made, however, when combined with an already hyphenated compound.
  • When he saw his brother—his long-lost brother who disappeared six years prior—he broke down in tears.
  • The title contains an example of em dash usage, which, in this case, shows a break in the sentence.

• Walks etc.

  • A trail between two actors is any walk that includes a given relation no more than once (the same other actors, however, can be part of a trail multiple times.
  • The length of a trail is the number of relations in it.
  • If the trail begins and ends with the same actor, it is called a closed trail.
  • As always, the length of these distances is the number of relations in the walk, trail, or path.
  • The various kinds of connections (walks, trails, paths) provide us with a number of different ways of thinking about the distances between actors.

• Rotator Cuff Injury and Dislocated and Separated Shoulder

  • Rotator cuff tears are the most common conditions affecting the shoulder .
  • The tears occur in one or more of the four tendons of the rotator cuff muscles.
  • The tear usually occurs at its point of insertion onto the humeral head at the greater tubercule.
  • Problems seen with a dislocated shoulder are tearing of the ligaments or tendons reinforcing the joint capsule and, less commonly, nerve damage.
  • X-ray of a complete tear of the supraspinatus resulting in a shift upwards of the head of the humerus.