Present-day which state was the destination of the Cherokee after removal during the Trail of Tears?

• A. Georgia
• B. Texas
• C. Arizona
• D. Oklahoma

Answer: (D)

The idea being tested is where the Cherokee were sent during the Trail of Tears. After the Indian Removal Act, the Cherokee were forced to leave their southeastern homelands and march to Indian Territory, a region west of the Mississippi that the U.S. government designated for Native nations. That area is present-day Oklahoma. So, the destination of the Cherokee after removal is present-day Oklahoma (the land they were moved to became Oklahoma when statehood arrived in 1907). The other places listed aren’t tied to this relocation: Georgia was where they lived before removal, while Texas and Arizona are not the locations associated with the Trail of Tears.