India removal act
Civilized Tribes
Cherokee Nation V. Georgia
Native Americans and the Supreme Court
Dealings with the U.S. Government
100

what year was the India removal act made

1866

100

The creek, Cherokee, Chicksaw, Seminole, and Choctaw are all called what?

The Five Civilized Tribes

100

Court case against a Georgia law that dissolved their

tribal government

100

this case dealt with

and ownership

100

Choctaw and Chickasaw are the first to sign

treaties and leave

200

adopted European

Customs
200

what is the Five Civilized Tribes

creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw

200

Doing this makes it seem like that natives do not have

rights like U.S. citizens

200

The U.S. gov owned

the land  

200

not all treaties were

legal

300

treaties would be used to transfer or

exchange the land

300

were trying to assimilate into white society in hopes of being able to

live peaceful among them

300

declared that the states did not have any legal authority over native territory, and couldn’t

make laws over them

300

what year was the native Americans and the Supreme Court

1823

300

1835 Treaty of

New Echota

400

he law stated that the natives would be

paid for the land

400

Native Americans attempted to assimilate to white culture by building homes that

mimicked those of the Europeans.

400

this case dealt with

sovereignty

400

protected natives from individual and

state efforts

400

required all Cherokee to leave their

homeland

500

aw promoted by Andrew Jackson, that required Native Americans living

East of the Mississippi to move West

500

Born in Tennessee of Scottish and Cherokee parents, Ross was a leader of the

Cherokee

500

what years is is the Cherokee Nation V. Georgia

1831

500

protected natives from individual and state efforts to buy land from them, also established the

policy that the native nations were sovereign

500

it was signed by a small group of

Cherokee