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Gold
A New Treaty
Removal
Trail of Sorrow
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The government
Who wrote the new treaties referred to on page 6?
100
Which state passed "anti-Cherokee" laws?
Georgia
100
What year was the Indian Removal Act signed?
1830
100
What year did U.S. Army move thousands of Cherokee into forts and camps? q
1838
100
In which season did most of the Cherokee leave for Indian Territory?
Spring
200
Who tried to blend old ways with new? (pg.6)
The Cherokee
200
Who did the Cherokee ask for help from?
President Andrew Jackson
200
What did the Indian Removal Act do?
The government could trade Native American land in the East for land in the West.
200
Why were some called the Eastern Cherokee
They stayed on their land.
200
How many people were in each group of 16?
1000
300
Who developed a way to write Cherokee language?
Sequoyah
300
What was the "anti-Cherokee" law?
THe Cherokee could not dig for gold.
300
What treaty stated the Cherokee gave up their land?
The Treaty of Echota
300
Where did the Cherokee people sleep while traveling West?
On the ground
300
How many miles did the Cherokee travel?
1000 miles
400
What is the name of the first Native American newspaper?
Cherokee Phoenix
400
Who got the land with gold?
White settlers
400
How long did the Cherokee have to leave their land?
Two years
400
How many Cherokee died during the removal from the land?
Two Thousand
400
How many people died on the trail
4000 men, women and children
500
Where did the white settlers want the Cherokee to move?
West
500
The treaties gave the Cherokee's their land for how long?
"for as long as the mountains and rivers last"
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Which president said they all had to move?
President Martin Van Buren
500
In which eastern state are there still descendants living today?
North Carolina
500
What is the Nunna daul Tsunyi
Trail Where they Cried