ANSWER C: 4,000
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.
THE CHEROKEES WERE NOT ALLOWED TIME TO GATHER THEIR BELONGINGS, AND AS THEY LEFT, WHITES LOOTED THEIR HOMES. THEN BEGAN THE MARCH KNOWN AS THE TRAIL OF TEARS, IN WHICH 4,000 CHEROKEE PEOPLE DIED OF COLD, HUNGER, AND DISEASE ON THEIR WAY TO THE WESTERN LANDS.