Causes
What president was in office during the Trail of Tears?
Andrew Jackson
How many people died?
6,000
What was the white settlers pov?
They wanted the natives to move.
What was in the artwork?
Andrew Jackson as a person who looked like a father who was trying to "help" the Native Americans.
What was the main tribe involved?
Cherokee tribes
What did the white settlers want in Oklahoma?
A. Land
B. Resources
C.Manifest Destiny
D. All of the above
What caused the Indians to be treated cruelly?
Jackson and the white settlers desired the land and had a great belief of manifest destiny.
What was the Andrew Jackson's pov?
He would do anything to get the Natives out of the way.
Who was the intended audience?
When did it occur?
1830-1850
What case did Andrew Jackson disobey?
Worcester vs Georgia
List 2 consequences.
1. It forced the Native Americans to relocate from their ancestral land
2. The loss of many people
3. Disrupted the culture
4. Under harsh conditions, led to starvation and the death of thousands.
5. Native Americans also had a loss of sovereignty which meant they no longer had the rights to their own land.
What caused problems between the Natives themselves?
Most Cherokees, especially Chief John Ross, strongly opposed the relocation, while some Cherokees signed the Treaty of Echota because they thought that it would bring new opportunities.
What was the artwork attempted to do?
It attempted to depict the journey to the new land as enjoyable and a new opportunity for the Natives.
Oklahoma
What act was the cause of the Trail of Tears?
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Andrew Jackson signing the Indian removal act led to what?
Gave the federal government the power to trade native homeland in the east of Mississippi for land to the west.
How did discrimination affect the Trail of Tears?
The white settlers believed that they were above the Indians therefore they did not care about the harshness the Indians would have to go through on this journey.
How did propaganda affect the Native's view of the Trail of Tears.
Some Natives were brainwashed and ended up as a mass of death and suffering
What did the court rule in the Worcester vs Georgia case?
The sovereignty of the natives and the Cherokees were their own nation therefore they cannot be moved.