The Five Civilized Tribes
The Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Choctaw are all called what?
The Five Civilized Tribes
What was the Indian Removal Act?
a law that required Native Americans living East of the Mississippi to move West
Around how many natives died on the Trail of Tears?
4,000
Which court case established the policy that the native nations did not own land, but instead the U.S. government owned it?
Johnson V M'Intosh
What did The Five Civilized Tribes try to do with white culture so they could live in peace with them?
Assimilate
Who was the Indian Removal Act promoted by?
Andrew Jackson
How many Cherokee were captured on the Trail of Tears by Gen. Winfield Scott and his troops?
Around 16,000
After which court case did the Supreme Court declare that states did not have any legal authority over native territory?
Worcester V Georgia
What was one way that The Five Civilized Tribes tried to assimilate into white culture?
Built houses
What native groups did the Indian Removal Act strongly impact?
Cherokee, Creeks, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole
What nickname did the natives give the Trail of Tears?
The Place Where They Cried
Which court case did the Supreme Court not review the actual case because of the idea that the Cherokee weren't technically a foreign nation?
Cherokee Nation V Georgia
What did The Five Civilized Tribes create?
A constitutional government
The Indian Removal Act gave the president the authority to do what?
transfer government-owned land west of the Mississippi to Native Americans relocating to the Southeast
What years did the forced journey through the Trail of Tears take place?
1838-1839
Johnson V M'Intosh, Cherokee Nation V Georgia, and Worcester V Georgia court cases dealt with what issue?
Sovereignty/land ownership
Who was the leader of the Cherokee, one of The Five Civilized Tribes?
John Ross
What did the Indian Removal say would happen to the natives?
They would be paid for the land
What was the real reason Gen. Winfield and his troops were sent out to the natives?
To enforce the Treaty of New Echota
During Worcester V Georgia, what did Georgia want to keep Samuel Worcester from doing?
Living with the Cherokee