Events
What purchase in 1803 gave the United States control of land that included present-day Oklahoma?
Louisiana Purchase
This president strongly supported Indian removal and signed the Indian Removal Act.
Andrew Jackson
This area is where the Arkansas, Verdigris, and Grand Neosho Rivers meet.
Three Forks
The expansion of this in the Southeast increased pressure to take Native homelands.
White settlement
This 1830 law authorized the president to negotiate land-exchange treaties moving Native nations west of the Mississippi.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
In what year was the Indian Removal Act passed?
1830
This Sauk leader resisted U.S. expansion and led resistance associated with the Black Hawk War.
Black Hawk
Area where the Arkansas, Verdigris, and Grand (Neosho) rivers meet; its river access made it useful for transportation and trade.
Chouteau's Trading Post
Gold was discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia. What did this cause?
Georgia and settlers intensified efforts to remove the Cherokee
This term describes the government forcing Native peoples to leave their homelands and move elsewhere.
Forced removal
This war in 1832 demonstrated Native resistance to continued land loss and forced movement.
Black Hawk War
This Native nation resisted Georgia's attempts to take its land through government, writing, petitions, and the courts.
Cherokee Nation
Established in 1824, this fort helped monitor the frontier, protect travel, and manage conflict during removal.
Fort Gibson
The Indian Removal Act became law. What new authority did the federal government gain?
Authority and funding to pursue land exchanges and removals
This term refers to the land set aside for Native nations west of the Mississippi River, including much of present-day Oklahoma.
Indian Territory
From 1838–1839, the U.S. government forced most remaining members of this Native nation west on the Trail of Tears.
Cherokee Nation
This president defended Indian removal in his Second Annual Message.
Andrew Jackson
Established in 1824 near the southern boundary, this fort helped protect the border and support federal control.
Fort Towson
Southeastern Native nations were moved into Indian Territory. Name two consequences of this relocation.
Death, loss of homelands, cultural disruption, rebuilding governments and communities, and conflict over land/resources
This term refers to the five major southeastern Native nations discussed in the study guide.
Five Tribes or the Five Civilized Tribes
In 1842, this fort was established to protect relocated Chickasaw and Choctaw communities and support stability along the frontier.
Fort Washita
This group of Native peoples was already living in or using the Plains and present-day Oklahoma when removed nations arrived.
Western Native nations
This trading post near the Three Forks connected Native communities, traders, and transportation routes.
Chouteau's Trading Post
Many nations and travelers entered the region. Why did the United States build military posts in response?
To enforce federal policy, protect routes, patrol borders, and reduce conflict
This term means the condition of having political authority over one's own government and territory.
Sovereignty