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Chapter 6 Vocabulary
Indian Removal 1
Chapter 7 Vocabulary 1
Indian Removal 2
Chapter 7 Vocabulary 2
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A symbolic alphabet of the Cherokee people.
What is syllabury.
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Who created the Cherokee syllabury?
Who is Sequoyah.
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Term meaning before war.
What is antebellum.
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What was the final destination of the Cherokee people during their migration.
What is Oklahoma.
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The secretive escape route for slaves during the antebellum era in the USA.
What is underground railroad.
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To leave a homeland.
What is emigrate.
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Who was the president during the Indian Removal period?
Who is Jackson (Andrew).
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A political area that is for the institution of slavery.
What is a slave state.
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What was the nickname that the Cherokee gave the process of their removal.
What is the Trail of Tears.
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A person who believed that new states in the USA should all be free states.
What is a free soiler.
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The first, published Cherokee newspaper.
What is the Cherokee Phoenix.
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Minister who lived among the Cherokee and fought for their rights during the Indian Removal.
Who is Worcester (Samuel).
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The name for a person who was against the institution of slavery.
Who is abolitionist.
300
What was the name of the capital of the Cherokee nation?
What is New Echota.
300
A parties' political belief.
What is a platform.
400
Generosity, in a political sense.
What is magnanimity.
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This person signed the Treaty of New Echota which seceded Cherokee lands to the USA in 1838.
Who is Chief Major Ridge.
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A low income or poor person who did not own slaves, yet ran a small farm.
What is yeoman farmer.
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What was the name of the original piece of legislation against the Cherokee people.
What is The Indian Removal Act.
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A person that is hired on a plantation to manage slaves.
Who is a driver.
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To sue in court.
What is litigation.
500
This Supreme Court Justice ruled in favor of the Cherokee people against the Indian Removal Act.
Who is Chief Justice John Marshall.
500
To treat a person or group unfairly because of prejudice beliefs.
What is discrimination.
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Who fought against the removal of the Cherokee until the very end - right before the removal?
Who is Chief John Ross.
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To politically separate from a larger country.
What is secession.