Trail Of Tears Argumentative Essay

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Many aspects of American history have been forgotten or lost in time. As years go on, less and less topics will be taught in Schools. As a student completing my twelfth year of schooling, I have discovered that there is still so much that I do not know. Although it is almost impossible to teach every part of this nation’s history, schools should recognize certain events that have been ignored and covered up. Whether we are proud of our past or not, Americans need to know about and learn from our past mistakes. The word “mistake” does not even begin to describe the horrific event now known as the Trail of Tears. I had never even heard of this occurrence until my sister had mentioned it. She stated that it was no longer talked about