The forced removal of the cherokees from new echota on what is called the "trail of tears" to springfield, illinois and then to oklahoma is an example of

a. national histories.

b. family histories.

c. cultural group histories.

d. social histories.

The answer is C.

In 1825 the U. S. government formally adopted a removal policy, which was carried out in the 1830s by President Andrew Jackson, from Tennessee, who was a forceful proponent of Indian removal.

In 1830, just a year after taking office, President Jackson began to aggressively implement a broad policy of extinguishing Indian land titles and relocating the Indian population. The Congress passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which said that "no state could achieve proper culture, civilization, and progress, as long as Indians remained within its boundaries". This act gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with Indian tribes living east of Mississippi. Under these treaties, the Indians were to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River in exchange for the lands to the west.