In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its 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 devastating effects.
<span>The policy became one of containing the spread of communism. That policy was the reason for about every foreign policy decision made. Examples would be Korean War, Vietnam War, maintenance of large military presence in both Germany and Korea.
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In the 1800s the Great Plains region of the United States was characterized by: Vast expanses of native grasses.
