Monday, February 14, 2011

Chapter 11 Section 2 Closer

Look at the picture on page 343. Why was the forced march called the "Trail of Tears"?

82 comments:

Kyle Dunn said...

It's called that because a lot of people had no choice and they were sad

Brian Bishop said...

Because it was a bad time Indains where removed from there land

mariahsalyers said...

It was called the trail of tears because the native Americans were forced off of their land to move west of the mississippi river and many of then died on the trail because of exhaustion or disease.

Payton brown said...

It was called the trail of tears because the native Americans where forced of there land and they did not want to give it up and they was forced to move west

Croberson said...

The trail of tears was called this because Americans who were forced from their land and traveled west, and because they want to stay there that's were their great ancestors died.

Morgan Baldwin said...

It was called the trail of tears because they native americans were forced from their land. It probably was a tragic experience for them to leave their home.

Kaitlynn said...

The reason why they are called the trail or tears is in the1835 the federal government persuaded a few Cherokee to sign a treaty giving up their peoples land yet most of the 1700 Cherokee refused to honor the treaty they wrote a protest letter to the government and people or the united states

jessica meguire said...

the trail of tears were called this becuase the indians were forced to walk in heat and in cold and because the people would be leaving their land and because alot of people died walking to their new home

Dami Okunoye said...

it was called trails of tears because they had to walk a long way

PaigeMcKenzie(; said...

Brutal weather along the way claimed a lot of Cherokee lives. It was first known as the Trail Where They Cried. Historians call it the trail of tears.

Kyren said...

It was called that cause people were losing their families and some were crying.

breanna ragin said...

way did the forced march called the "TRAIL of Tears because their forced journey west became known to the Cherokee people as the trail where they cried.

Kaleb Brown said...

this march was called the trail of tear because many people die on the march.

Jsingleton said...

It was called the trail of tears because people were forced off there own land and people would die right in front of you and u couldnt stop or you would be hit

Cunningham, William said...

It was called the trail of tears because about 4000 indians died and people cried when they saw there mebers dead.

brandon schon said...

A trial from southeast to Oklahoma, where about 4,000 indians died

Deairrez said...

It was called the trail of tears because people indians died on the way to oklahoma

Jazmen Taylor said...

It's called the trail of tears because people died and Suffered on trail

P. Raines said...

Back then many Indians lived in the SouthEast ..........

kierstinbin said...

The forced march called the Trail of Tears because Native Americans who were forced from their land traveled west in the 1839s.

- Carrie Lindsay said...

- It Waas Called The Trail Of Tears Because The Trail Waas So Lonq That The People Got Tired And Hunqry And Their Feet And Bodyy Waas Hurtinq And They Started To Cry And Evebtually Loved Ones Died ! so They Called Thiss Event The Trail Of Tears !

WoOlLy AwEsOmEnEsS!!!!! XD said...

The march was called the trail of tears because the Indians didnt want to move. Some of their family members may be sick and die. They couldn't stop for them, the had to keep on going until they hit Oklahoma.

Unknown said...

It was called that because a lot of people did not want to move west they wanted to stay in their homes.

Scott,Rodney said...

Because people were being forced away from their homes and they were sad because they liked their homes in southeast.

braydon west said...

this was called the trail of tears because many relatives died and were not able to have a proper burial.

Scott,Rodney said...

Because they were sad that they had to leave their homes in southeast because the white man wanted more land so therefor they were forced to move to oklahoma where most native americans live in modern times.

Justin Bergquist said...

I think that the march was called the trail of tears because along the way many families lost one or many loved ones and the soldiers would not let them stop to greve thair lost family members.

matt paluga said...

it was called the trail of tears because it was a long trip and it could be bad weather . lso people could die and you would have to leave them there so u would cry because of all the stress and emotions

AStamper(: said...

It was called "Trail of Tears" because it was a harsh trail forcing the Indians out of the Southeast and into the Indian Territory. It was about 700 miles on foot.

Morgan Baldwin said...

It was call the trail of tears because the indians cried because they had to leave there home and some people suffered from sickness and died so they cried because of that also.

Unknown said...

because people died and did not make it and most kids and old people die on the way

deion moss said...

Because the Indians were forced to leave there land.

KDawson said...

It is called the Trail of Tears because it was sad. The families were riding away from there home and leaving everything behind.

Thao Nguyen said...

The forced march on p.343 was called the "Trail of Tears" because of the Indian Removal Act , this act allowed the federal government to pay Native Americans to move west , moving west was a sad thing for Native Americans, so it was called the "Trail of Tears"

keith t. said...

It was called the trail of tears because they were being forced off their land to indian territory in oklahoma. On the way people died and their families didn't have time to bury their bodies .

Unknown said...

I think that it was called the trail of tears because, in the picture it looks like the Indians were tired and the look on their faces looked like they really didn't want to move from their territory.

Breana N. Murray said...

They Were Called The Trail Of Tears Because They Had Too Force Indians Out Of Their Homes !

James dean said...

The trail was called the trail of tears because the ameracain were forced to travel west

Adriana(: said...

The forced march was called the Trail of Tears because the Native Americans cried during the journey because they did not want to leave their home.

Julian Daniels said...

The forced march was called the "trail of tears" because during why most Indians were marching or traveling many of them died because of resistance against American treaties or because of the cold weather . Many said that they could hear Indians crying and that is how it got the name "trails of tears"

khaalid said...

the native americans was force to march because the americans wanted their land. and it was called the trail of tears because the ppl watching them march didnt care if they died on the way to where they were going they couldnt stop to help move the person who died they had to keep walking.

Kyra (: said...

Native americans traveled west and it's the trail of tears because I guess the native Americans traveled in a trail together and they have weapons on them and horses and wagons.

Daynawickersham said...

It was called the trail of tears because a lot ofpeoplediedon the trail and people were crying

Thompson;Emani said...

It was called the Trail of Tears because it wasn't something people wanted and they had to give up a lot of things .... like houses etc.

Dantreece M said...

It was called the Trail of Tears because the federal government persuaded the Cherokee to sign a treaty to give up their people's land and this was the trail that Cherokee people lost their family because of the brutal weather and other stuff and where they cried.

Tre-Von said...

The forced march was called the Trail of Tears because Native Americans were forced to move seven hundred miles to unknown territory. Many died on the journey there and thier family was not able to burry him or her. This is why it was called the Trail of Tears.

Mike said...

Alot of the people died on the Trail of Tears.

Tehya Quinones said...

Many Native American Indians died on the trail. Families were not allowed to bury their loved ones.

Scott said...

the indins had to move and lots of family members died on the trail

ricky hardiman said...

It is called the trail of tears because they had family members that died and they could not bury there dead they to keep moving

shawntaze said...

they were called the trail of tears because the Native Americans who were forced from their land traveled west in the 1830s.

DYLAN TRITT said...

many people died on the trail

melvin said...

they use to be called that because native american live in the southeast.

Roy said...

The reason is because the people traveling on the trail hand to face some very hard obstacles like hash weather,lack of food and water, people who got sick, and very rough terrain.

Hart, Shane said...

This forced march was called the trail of tears because many Indians died along the march and family members couldn't stop to even bury or mourn the dead bodies of family members.

suzie :) said...

they were called the trail of tears because they were forced to move and they cried as they were forced to go to the other territory and if they were left behind they were left there and not gonna be able to catch back up

RandyLayne said...

the reason the trail of tears is called it is because the trail was were the indians live back in the 1800 because the goverment forced the indians to move were they lived in the spouth east

samantha said...

it was bad because the indians had to move away from their land and they were very upset

Smith , Kaylyn (: said...

It Was Called The Trail Of Tears Because It Was A Longg Trail && Peoplee Suffered && Died Along The Way .

P. Raines said...

The Trail of tears got its name because the trail was so long and ppl had to walk the whole way so they was crying because they family was dying and they couldnt do anything but leave them on the side of the road also ppl was hurting ang they were tired !!

Thai mccowan said...

It was called the trail of tears because the americans hade to move west where the indians lived forcing them tp also leave there homes

Jordan said...

It was called the Trail of tears because native americans were forced off their land to move and many of them died on the trail.

Kevin Smith said...

During this trail....many Indians died or watched people die, in the process...hence the name "Trail Of Tears".

chris chamblisscccccc said...

it was called dat because it was the sad walk from taking all the indians from their home

megan horne said...

the trail was called trail of tears because may Indians cried and died on the trail people couldnt bury the dead and kids who were sick couldnt get better

dominick.s said...

the trial of tears is called that because they were moved out of there home land and forced to relocate . they had to move regardless to there health many indians died on the trial there was no time for burials or funerals

TikquaMarieErvin-Satterfield™ said...

The Forced March Was Call'dd The " Trail Of Tears " Due To The Fact That The Native Americans Were Basically Forced To Evacuate There Homes .. Not All Wanted To Go , So That's Why It Was Named The Trail Of Tears ...

gavin said...

the forced march was called the trail of tears because there was a lot of walking and the people weren't allowed to stop.They also had to leave their homes.

ianromero said...

it was called the trail of tears because the indians were forced off their land

Ems said...

its called the Trail of Tears because the indians were forced off there land.

jah bell said...

it was called the trail of tears because many people died along the way
they were left to rot old people had to carry heavy things lot of bad stuff
people cried alot so they call it the
trail of tears

tudorj said...

it was called the trail of tears because the people that were kicking u out of your home cared if u were sick or dieing they just said walk even if u were in pain they didn't care and thats why it was call the trail of tears because they were cryin they were in so much pain as they were walking

demetrius said...

the reason why it was called the trails of tears beacause native ameriacns was forced to leave there land an on there way they had people die an they couldnt even bairre them

keleigh lape said...

the native Americans were forced to move out of there homes. lots of people died on the journey.

william s. said...

the march was called trail of tears because of that they were sad and had to leave their homes.

Courtney Marie (: said...

They called it that because they had no choice what so ever so they wernt very happy .):

Cunningham Willie said...

It was called the trail of tears because so many people died and those people had family which they morned over when they died.

DCarter ! said...

Because, N.A Were Kicked Off There Land !

Robin PEarl said...

It is called the trail of tears because a lot of people died and they had to leave their relatives their just to rot so they cried about it

Aubrey pryor said...

The trail of tears got it's name from people that walked a long way and some people died from. Walking so long. But it was worth it because on the other side of the trail their. Was Jobs

Kevin Neri said...

The march was called the trail of tears because many native Americans lost family and sacred land on the march

keleigh lape said...

they were forced to move away from their land and they were very upset that they had to move, so they cried.