About how many miles were the Cherokees forced to march?
What is 1,200 miles
What were some of the hardships on the trail?
No warm clothing (froze), starvation, disease, lack of shelter, dirty water
It stated that the Cherokee autonomy was protected by federal law
Worcester v Georgia
who was the president of the United States when the Trail of Tears happened?
What is Andrew Jackson.
Who believed the Native Americans should be forced out of the land
Andrew Jackson
Native Americans being forced westward by gunpoint
Trail of Tears
Belief in a God-given mission to expand across the continent
Manifest Destiny
1830 law authorizing force removal
Indian Removal Act
Name one of the two ways Cherokees got From Georgia to Oklahoma.
Water / land
What were the reasons the Native Americans were forced to move westward?
gold (wealth), fertile land, fear (Europeans feared them becoming more powerful)
Forced movement of people from their homes or land
Displacement
If you had been on the Trail as a Cherokee, how would you feel? Give at least three adjectives.
angry, sad, frustrated, exhausted, anxious etc.