Andrew Jackson
Removing Native Americans
The Seminole Wars
Trail of Tears
The Cherokee Versus Georgia
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What number president was he?
7th president
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Who were the "Five Civilized Tribes"?
The Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw and Chickasaw
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What was the Dade Massacre of 1835?
An attack on American troops sent to Florida to force the removal of the Seminole.
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What was the Treaty of Echota?
An agreement signed by a small number of Cherokee willing to give up all the Cherokee land.
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The Indian Removal Act was a law that was supposed to do what?
Pay the Native Americans to move west by making treaties.
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What was his nickname?
"Old Hickory" because he was as strong and as the Hickory tree.
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Why were the 5 Tribes considered "Civilized"?
They had created successful farming communities that were much like other American communities.
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Who were the Black Seminoles?
African Americans who had escaped slavery to Florida.
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Who was the Cherokee Chief who protested the treaty of Echota?
Chief John Ross
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Where was the new home for the Native Americans supposed to be?
Congress established the Indian Territory in the region now known as Oklahoma.
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By the age of 14, what had happened in Andrew Jackson's personal life?
His parents and siblings had all died.
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What was the purpose of relocating the Native Americans?
To take over their land and move them so that there would be no conflicts.
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How many actual wars were fought against the Seminoles?
There were three actual wars fought over a decade.
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Who ordered the army to move the Cherokee nation by force?
President Van Buren
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Why did the Cherokee refuse to relocate?
The Federal Government had treaties with the Cherokee that established them as a separate nation.
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On which bill of currency does he appear?
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What were the lands called where the Native Americans finally settled, organized by nations?
What are reservations?
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How did Osceola die?
He was tricked, captured and imprisoned, contracted malaria and an infection and died in prison.
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What caused the death of approximately 4,000 Cherokee people on the Trail of Tears?
Hunger, disease, and exposure to weather
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What was the famous case called that ruled in the favor of the Cherokee people?
Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
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What was the era called from 1830-1850?
Jacksonian Democracy
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Who were the Lighthorsemen?
A Choctaw police force that helped maintain order and public safety in the new settlements/reservations of the Five Civilized Tribes.
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What are the Seminoles most known for?
Never surrendering to the Americans and keeping the small territory in Florida they were fighting to maintain.
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Which Senators opposed the removal of the Cherokee and the Treaty of New Echota?
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
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Who was the famous Judge who ruled in the Cherokee trial that President Jackson ignored?
Chief Justice John Marshall