In a few lines explain what was Trail of Tears

The trail of tears was a part of the removal of native cherokee indians from their territories east of the mississippi to western territiories such as oklahoma.

In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its effects.