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Primary Sources: A Soldier's Account of the Cherokee Trail of Tears

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Read the passage Primary Sources: A Soldier's Account of the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Then answer the questions below.

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Read the passage Primary Sources: A Soldier's Account of the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

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According to the source, what was the primary purpose of the soldiers involved in the Cherokee Trail of Tears?

to assist the Cherokee Nation in their voluntary relocation

to document the Cherokee journey for historical records

to enforce the U.S. government's policy of forcibly removing the Cherokee

to ensure the safety and well-being of the Cherokee people

Question 2

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What can be inferred from the soldier's account of the Cherokee Trail of Tears? Select two correct answers.

The soldier did not believe the government's policy of removal was justified.

The Cherokee people were relocated voluntarily without any opposition.

The journey was challenging and difficult for the Cherokee people.

The soldier did not have much sympathy for the Cherokee people's ordeal.

The Cherokee people supported President Andrew Jackson.

Question 3

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Drag the statements to the correct box based on whether they show the experience of the soldier or the experience of the Cherokee along the Trail of Tears.

Men working in the fields were arrested and taken away. Women were dragged from their homes by soldiers whose language they could not understand.
Many of these helpless people did not have blankets and many of them had been driven from home barefooted.
I spent many pleasant hours with the young women and girls who sang their mountain songs for me to repay my kindness.
The only trouble that I had with anybody on the entire journey to the west was a brutal wagon driver named Ben McDonal.

Experiences of the soldier
Experiences of the Cherokee people