Important People
This man was the president who signed the Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson
The Seminole Native Americans lived in this state
Florida
This tribe was the one forced from their homes due to the treaty of New Echota
Cherokee
Johnson v M'Intosh
This man was chief justice during the Johnson v M'Intosh, Cherokee Nation v Georgia, and Worcester v Georgia
John Marshall
Many Native Americans tribes were forced to relocate from their homes to this state
Oklahoma
This tribe stayed in their homeland and fought. Some of their descendants still live in the land they fought for.
Seminole
This court case ruled that the Cherokee were a "domestic dependent nation whose relation with the federal government resembled that of a ward to his guardian."
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
This man gathered 16,000 signatures on a petition to nullify the treaty of New Echota
John Ross
The Chickasaw lived in Alabama and this state, which has a namesake river
Mississippi
This was the first tribe to leave. They signed a treaty and set off to Oklahoma.
Choctaw
This court case ruled that white settlers could not directly buy land off of Native Americans.
Johnson v M'Intosh
Seminole Chief who tried to make peace, but was captured by US forces and died in prison
Osceola
Cherokee nation was established in 1827 over many states. This state was the northernmost one.
Tennessee
This tribe was forced to stay in a camp before the US government set them on the trail of tears. 2,000 of their people died in the camp.
This court case ruled that Georgia could not make laws over Native American tribes because the only entity that had that authority was the federal government
US general sent to enforce the treaty of New Echota
Winfield Scott
These two states both have a city named after a Seminole chief
Florida and Missouri
This is the war that the US and Seminole fought in over land in 1835
Second Seminole War
In this court case, the Supreme court refused to hear the plaintiff's case
Cherokee Nation v Georgia