7.2
The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole are what?
The five civilized tribes.
When did Worcester V. Georgia happen?
1832
When did the trail of tears occur?
1831-1838
When did John Ross die?
1866
What was the Indian Removal Act?
A law promoted by Andrew Jackson, that required Native Americans living East of the Mississippi to move West.
Who was John Ross?
Born in Tennessee of Scottish and Cherokee parents, Ross was a leader of the Cherokee, one of the "Five Civilized Nations" of the Southeast, the others being the Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole.
When was the Treaty of New Echota signed?
1835
The Cherokee Nation
They fought their removal all the way to the Supreme Court which ruled in their favor. President Jackson refused to enforce the court's ruling and allowed the state of Georgia to remove the Cherokee from their land.
What was Cherokee Nation V. Georgia?
A court case against a Georgia law that dissolved their tribal government
What did the 1835 Treaty of New Echota do?
required all Cherokee to leave their homeland
When was the Indian Removal act?
1830
Manifest Destiny
America's attempt to expand its territory West to the Pacific Ocean
When did the court case Cherokee Nation V. Georgia happen?
In 1831
When was the Cherokee nation established?
In 1839.
Around how many Cherokee were captured and kept in camps?
They captured around 16,000 Cherokee and kept them in camps
Indian Territory
Land where most of the Native Americans were relocated to, in present day Oklahoma.
What was Worcester V. Georgia?
A case on free speech. Samuel Worcester was a missionary living amongst the Cherokee people. Georgia wanted to keep him from living with the Cherokee so they made a law to do that
What is the definition of Assimilation?
the process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group
The trail of tears was also called?
The natives called it "The Place Where They Cried"
Cherokee
Cherokees tried to assimilate and tried to live with the White people, but it didn't work.