The Trail of Tears

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Between 1830 and 1850, the United States forcibly displaced 60,000 Native Americans living in the Southern United States under the ‘Indian Removal Act.’ While being moved, thousands would die due to starvation, disease, and exposure. Its impact has led some scholars to classify the event as a genocide. Regardless of how it is classified, it remains one of the greatest tragedies in American history. Learn about the Trail of Tears: why it was enacted and why it was so deadly on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Get 20% off your subscription to Newspapers.com Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Jerry Compare quotes and coverages side-by-side from up to 50 top insurers at jerry.ai/daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Between 1830 and 1850, the United States forcibly displaced 60,000 Native Americans living in the Southern United States under the Indian Removal Act.
0:09.8	While being moved, thousands would die due to starvation, disease, and exposure.
0:15.1	Its impact has led some scholars to classify the event as a genocide, But regardless of how it's classified,
0:21.4	it remains one of the greatest tragedies in American history.
0:25.3	Learn more about the Trail of Tears,
0:27.3	why it happened and why it was so deadly
0:28.9	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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