Which statement correctly describes the Trail of Tears?

The correct answer is It was the forced resettlement of Cherokees to land west of the Mississippi.

The Trail or Path of Tears was the name given by Native Americans to forced relocation and migration trips, guided by the government of the United States of America to the various tribes of Indians that would be aggregated in the so-called "Indigenous Territory" (present-day Oklahoma), depending on the indigenous removal policy.