7.2
Where was gold discovered?
Georgia
The Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Choctaw are all called what?
The Five Civilized Tribes.
Decisions about the land could only be made by who?
Most members of what didn't want to leave their homes?
The "Five Civilized Tribes"
What law instructed the president to make treaties with all Native American tribes in living east of the Mississippi River?
The Indian Removal Act
Who led the US Supreme Court?
John Marshall
What year did the Supreme Court rule that Native Americans had a basic right to live on their tribal lands?
1823
Who declared that the states didn't have any legal authority over Native American territory?
Supreme Court
Who rejected the argument over all the nations have the same rights?
The Justices
Who resisted the US government's efforts to drive them out of the Southeast?
The United States signed land exchange treaties with who?
Seminoles and Cherokees
The decisions of who made it clear that the Native American's future ws in the hands of the federal government?
Supreme Courts
Some tribes where decided to move further north because they were too weak to resist?
Southeast
Who established that the Indian Country was not already part of the states of Missouri or Louisiana?
Congress
Who also weighed in on the issue of Indian removal?
Federal Judiciary
The Supreme court refused to hear about which tribes case against Georgia's state law?
Cherokees'
Who authorized the federal government to remove Native Americans from their lands?
Supreme Court
When did the Cherokee establish the Cherokee Nation?
1827
The US Supreme Court refused to acknowledge who to legal status to sue a state?
Cherokee Nation's
Why were the treaty's not legally valid?
The Treaty signers were not authorized to sign