Indian Removal
Vocabulary
Key Figures
Miscellaneous
100

This US president signed the Indian Removal Act?

Who is Andrew Jackson

100

the act of adding a new territory to the US

What is annexation?

100

The president who is credited for the removal of five Native American Tribes 

Who is Andrew Jackson 

100

Cherokees relocated from North Georgia to _____________, in what is called the Trail of Tears 

What is Oklahoma?

200

Because of this approximately 4,000 native Americans died.

What is the Trail of Tears?

200

Giving up land, territory, or rights, usually through a treaty.

What is cession?

200

This man was the Supreme Court Cheif that made several rulings that influenced the government regarding the Native Americans and poltical policies.

Who was John Marshall?

200

4,000 men intruded Cherokee land and Cherokees were arrested for mining on their own land.

What is what happened when gold was found in Georgia?

300

In 1828, this man was elected chief of the Cherrokee Nation.

Who was John Ross?

300

7th President of the United States

Who is Andrew Jackson?

300

Chief of the Cherokee tribe.

Who is John Ross?

300

Allowed Georgians for a small fee to purchase a change to win land.

What is Land Lotteries 

400

Court Case heard by the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Samuel. The case argued the state of Georgia did not have legal rights to Cherokee territories

What is Worcester v Ga 

400

A US law that forced Native Americans to relocate away from their homes; sometimes called the Trail of Tears.

What is Indian Removal Act of 1830?

400

Wrote the Cherokee Alphabet 

Who is Sequoyah

400

The discovery of ________________, in Georgia led to the removal of the Cherokees 

What is Gold?

500

Who were the two Native American tribes that had to share territory in Oklahoma? 

What were the Creeks and the Seminoles?

500

The idea that the US was destined to expand its territory across North America.

What is Manifest Destiny?

500

Cherokee, Creeks, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole.

Who were the Five Civilized Tribes?

500

Three reasons for westward expansion?

What is economic interests, political motives, and geographic features?

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