Critics claimed political machines made government less fair because the machines

Critics claimed political machines made government less fair because the machines made it possible for special interest groups to be heard above the will of the people. 

Cherokee  removal, part of the trail of tears, refers to the  forced  relocation between 1836 and 1839 of thecherokee  nation from  their lands ingeorgia, south carolina, north carolina, tennessee, texas, and alabama to the indian territory (present day oklahoma)  in  the thenwestern united states, and the resultant deaths