The 'Trail of Tears' primarily refers to the forced relocation of which Native American nation in the 1830s?
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Cherokee
Under the Indian Removal Act of 1830, thousands of Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw people were forced to move west. Thousands died from exposure, disease, and starvation.
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- The 1830s forced removal of which Native American tribe is the primary focus of the term 'Trail of Tears'?