Indian Removal Act
The Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole People were all part of what?
The Five Civilized Tribes
What did the Johnson v. M'Intosh deal with?
Land ownership
During what season did this event happen?
Winter
Many refused to leave because
this was not viewed as being valid to the Cherokee as a whole.
Who promoted the law?
Andrew Jackson
What year did the Cherokee Nation V. Georgia take place?
1831
How many Cherokee were captured?
16,000
The treaty (echota) was signed by a small or big group of Cherokee?
Small
The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group.
Assimilation
What did the Cherokee Nation V. Georgia deal with?
Sovereignty
About 2,000 Cherokee were killed from what?
Starvation and disease
What year did the treaty of Echota take place?
1835
John Ross was the leader of which Five Civilized Tribe?
Cherokee
What two things did the Worcester V. Georgia deal with?
What did the Natives call this?
"The Place Where They Cried"
Who were the first two tribes to sign a treaty and leave?
Choctaw and Chickasaw
What would be used to exchange land?
Treaties
What was declared in the Worcester V. Georgia case?
The states did not have any legal authority over native territory, and could not make laws over them.
What year(s) did the "Trail of Tears" take place?
1838-1839
What did this treaty (echota) require?
All Cherokee to leave their homeland