The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Creek, and Seminole were called the what?
Five Civilized Tribes
This case dealt with sovereignty?
Cherokee v Georgia
The five civilized tribes attempted to _____ into American society
Assimilate
John Ross was one of the leaders of the ____
Cherokee
what law was promoted by Andrew Jackson?
Indian Removal
This case dealt with land ownership?
Johnson v m'ingtosh
Johnsons v M'Intosh
Protected natives from individual and state efforts to buy land from them.
Treaty of New Echota
Required all Cherokee to leave their homeland.
when was the Indian removal act passed?
1830
What did the law promoted by Andrew Jackson do?
Native Americans living East of the Mississippi to move West.
John Ross was one of the leaders of the ____
Cherokee
what court case effect the country in this was White Americans could not buy land directly from native Americans. Decisions about land could only be made by federal government
Johnson v M'Intosh
The Indian Removal Act gave the president the authority to?
The president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.
Which statement describes how the Cherokee people pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with white settlers in the Southeast?
They increased their reliance on agriculture.
The Indian Removal Act was promoted by which president?
what caused the treaty of new echota is signed?
Federal and state would not keep settlers out of native land. The US government would end up signing treaties with small groups of native Americans who did not represent the whole tribe.
Around _____ Cherokee was captured and kept in camps
16,000
The five civilized tribes adopted which customs
European Customs
The Five Civilized Tribes Create a ____ Government
Constitutional
this case dealt with ownership
Johnson n m'ingtosh