Indian Removal Act
What was the Indian Removal Act?
A law made by Andrew Jackson that forced Indians west of the Mississippi.
Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole are apart of what group?
The Five Civilized Tribes.
The journey took place in what year?
Between 1831 and 1850
What did Johnson V M'intosh establish?
protected natives from individual and state efforts to buy land from them.
In 1813, Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel, adopted an orphaned Muscogee (Creek) boy named Lyncoya, who died at age 16 of what?
he died of tuberculosis
Before 1829, the U.S. government had acknowledged what?
Cherokee land rights in treaties.
What did the tribes try to do?
adopt U.S. customs.
How many Native Americans were Captured and put in camp?
16,000 Native Americans.
What did Cherokee Nation V Georgia?
Court case against a Georgia law that dissolved their tribal government.
What did the Law state?
the law stated that the natives would be paid for the land, but the natives had no choice in the matter.
What did the Five Civilized Tribes create?
A constitutional government.
How many troops were sent to enforce the treaty?
7,000 troops were sent.
When was Cherokee V Georgia?
It was in 1831.
What did the treaties do?
They would be used to buy or exchange land.
What did the Five Civilized Tribes want?
to live peaceful among white settlers.
What did the Native Americans call the trail of tears?
"The Place Where They Cried"
When was Worcester V Georgia?
It was in 1832.
The Indian Removal Act effected what tribes
Cherokee, Creeks, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole
Define Assimilation?
the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
"the assimilation of the knowledge of the Greeks"
(Oxford Languages)
How Many Native Americans died on the journey?
around 15,000
What did Worcester V. Georgia Establish?
the federal government's constitutional authority preempts, or overrides, state laws, and affirmed the federal government’s exclusive power to enter into treaties with other nations