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Forced migration- The Native Americans were forced by the government to leave their homelands and migrate away to lands in Indian territory.

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Forced migration- The Native Americans were forced by the government to leave their homelands and migrate away to lands in Indian territory.

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Internally displaced persons- The Native Americans are internally displaced persons because they were forced to leave their home, but stay within the country.

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Internally displaced persons- The Native Americans are internally displaced persons because they were forced to leave their home, but stay within the country.

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Internal migration- The Native Americans moved within the country, a form of internal migration.

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Internal migration- The Native Americans moved within the country, a form of internal migration.

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Regional scale- The area where the Native Americans were forced to migrate was from southeast U.S to present day Oklahoma, which is a section of the country, but not the whole country.

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Regional scale- The area where the Native Americans were forced to migrate was from southeast U.S to present day Oklahoma, which is a section of the country, but not the whole country.

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Push factor- The government pushed the Native Americans out of their homelands, and threatened them, so they would want to leave their homelands.

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Push factor- The government pushed the Native Americans out of their homelands, and threatened them, so they would want to leave their homelands.

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Deportation- the government expelled the Native Americans from their native land.

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Deportation- the government expelled the Native Americans from their native land.

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The Trail of Tears did lead to a counter migration. The U.S government took their land and migrated in to the Natives original place they used to call home.

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The Trail of Tears was a migration over a relatively short distance (within the country). They were relocated to Oklahoma from different areas in the country.

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The Native Americans were first forced to Oklahoma, then there was a voluntary urban relocation program, which some Natives chose to move their tribes to urban and city areas.

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For this rule, there wasn’t a choice, so the rule that urban residents are less migratory than inhabitants of rural areas didn’t apply. It didn’t apply because no matter where the Natives lived, rural or urban areas, the government relocated them out to Oklahoma.

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Again, because this was a forced migration, it didn’t matter if you were a young adult or a family, everyone was forced out of their homes and moved to Oklahoma, so this rule doesn’t really apply because there was not a choice.

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What Life On the Trail of Tears Was Like

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During the 1837 to 1839 a police favored by President Andrew Jackson who was President at this time “forced westward migration of American Indian tribes from the southeast”.  The Indian tribes were forced to walk extreme distance with very little to eat and little sleep. Many tribes did not want to give up their land and many died protecting their land and while on the trail. Some of the tribes were promised good land but turned out to be awful land to live and farm on. This devastating event is left being one of the most heart wrenching events in American history.