Tribes
Which tribe cooperated with the Indian Removal Act?
Chickasaw
Who signed the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
Where was the new "Indian Territory" located?
Oklahoma
What was the name of the route traveled when migrating?
Trail of Tears
Which Indian tribe was the first to move?
Chocktaw
In what year was the Indian Removal Act signed?
1830
The Choctaw traveled to new Indian territory in what time of the year?
Winter
What three things did the Indians die of while traveling the Trail of Tears?
Starvation, cold of winter, and disease
What tribe was the last to move?
Seminole
What was the Indian Removal Act?
An act saying that Native Americans had to moved to "indian Territory"
How many acers of land were the Indian tribes forced to give up?
7.5 million acers
Which tribe adopted the culture of the white man to avoid being removed from their land?
Cherokee
What Indian tribes was forcibly taken away in chains?
Creek
How did the tribes migrate to their new territory?
They walked
What was found on Indian territory that the white men wanted?
Gold
How do you think the Indian tribes felt when they were forced to leave their land?
Sad, depressed, angry, heart broken
What are the names of the 5 tribes affect by the Indian Removal Act?
Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole
Why was the Indian Removal Act created?
President Jackson wanted to sell the land to white farmers for their rich soil and gold
Name 3 states the tribes lived before being forced to leave?
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Florida.
Name three ways the Cherokee embraced the culture of the white man?
Built schools, taught their children to read and write English, built homes to look like theirs, dressed like them, created their own Constitution and wrote it in English