15,000 Native Americans were forced to march along this deadly route during the late months of 1838
What is the Trail of Tears?
100
about what fraction of Cherokee died on their journey from their homelands
What is 1/3?
200
the federal government wanted to relocate several Native American tribes from their homelands in this region of the United States
What is the Southeast?
200
the Supreme Court's ruling / decision in the case of Worchester v. Georgia declared this about the Native American's rights to stay on their homelands
What is that the Native American could remain on their homelands?
300
this state claimed the right to make decisions regarding Native Americans within their borders
What is Georgia?
300
in response to the case of Worchester v. Georgia, Andrew Jackson successfully pressed Congress to do this
What is pass the Indian Removal Act of 1832? (Jackson refused to honor the Supreme Court's decision - the Indian Removal Act forced Native American nations of the Southeast to move west of the MS River)
400
the Cherokee Nation resisted removal from their homelands by fighting in this manner
What is filing a lawsuit / taking their case to the Supreme Court?
400
the federal government set aside lands west of the Mississippi River for Native Americans - it became known as the Indian Territory - these lands were primarily in what current state
What is Oklahoma?
500
this was the only Native American nation to have any degree of success by actively fighting the United States Army in their attempt to relocate them
What is the Seminole Nation?
500
these five tribes were known as the "Civilized Tribes" - the federal government wanted them removed from their homelands
What is the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Seminole?