The correct answer is C) the forced resettlement of the Cherokee Indians.
The "Trail of Tears" refers to the following event: the forced resettlement of the Cherokee Indians.
Tribes such as the Cherokee were displaced of their native lands to the Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
Eastern Oklahoma became the territory for many Native American groups because many tribes were forced to relocate to this region.
When the Indian Removal Act was passed on May 28, 1830, it gave power to the President of the United States to remove Native American Indians form their former territories. and that is what President Andrew Jackson did. The Cherokee had to experience the Trail of Tears.
