Day 121 & 122 Tuesday February 21 & 22, 2012
Indian Removal Act Web Quest and 6 x 6
6 Vocabulary
1. Five Civilized Tribes: the collective name for the Cherokee,
Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes of Indians who, in spite of
their adaptation to European culture, were deported to
the Indian Territory from 1830 to 1840
2. controversial: A prolonged public fight concerning a
matter of opinion
3. removal treaties: the specific group of treaties for
which Andrew Jackson signed giving land and money to the Indians but making
them move from Georgia to farther west.
4. voluntary: Acting or done without compulsion or
obligation
5. ceded: To yield or formally surrender to one another
6. emigration: To leave a country or region to settle into
another
6 Sentences
1. The Indian Removal act was strongly supported in the
South where the states were eager to gain access to lands inhabited by the Five
Civilized Tribes.
2. The Indian Removal act was controversial because of the
tactics used.
3. There were many removal treaties created by Andrew
Jackson because there were so many Native American tribes.
4. The Indian Removal Treaties were said to be voluntary but
they really weren’t because when Andrew Jackson became President, he forced
them to move.
5. The Indian Tribes in Georgia ceded their land to the
Americans.
6. The Indians were not immigrants, but they were forced to
emigrate by immigrants.
6 Facts/Details
1. Some Americans considered the Native Americans
“obstacles” to settlement
2. Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal act on May 26,
1830
3. Jackson negotiated nine out of eleven treaties
4. Only a small number of Creeks, Cherokee, and Choctaw
actually moved to the new land.
5. To get out of the Removal act Indians adapted some of the
American cultures such as agriculture, westward education and slaves.
6. In 1829 Andrew Jackson wanted to pass the Indian Removal
Act but Jeremiah Ebert was against it
6 Questions
1. What were some of the reasons white settlers wanted the
Indians’ lands? A: Because they thought it would be great for agriculture and
they wanted to make it officially a state. Another reason is that the Indians were
trying to coexist to American living to keep their land, but that just made the
Americans more jealous. In Georgia, the Americans have discovered gold so they
wanted the Indians out because of that too.
2. Which states were secured by the treaties negotiated by
Andrew Jackson from 1814-1824? A: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina
3. How did Jackson justify the removal of the Seminole
Indians? What was he punishing them for? A: The Seminole Indians were keeping
Fugitive slaves in northern Florida, the Seminole territory. The Seminoles
broke out in to war to protect their land. Andrew Jackson punished them for
this
4. Summarize the Supreme Court decision in 1823 about Native
Americans’ “right to occupancy” A: In 1823 the Supreme Court handed down a
decision which stated that Indians could occupy lands within the United States,
but could not hold title to those lands. This was called the rights of
occupancy
5. What were some of the non-violent ways the Native
Americans tried to keep their land? A: The Indians tried to coexist with some
of the American ways.
6. By 1837, how many Native American people were removed by
Andres Jackson’s policies from the southeast? A: about 46,000
6 Figures
1. Andrew Jackson: Andrew Jackson, from Tennessee, was a
forceful proponent of Indian removal. In 1814 he commanded the U.S. military
forces that defeated a faction of the Creek nation. In their defeat, the Creeks
lost 22 million acres of land in southern Georgia and central Alabama. The U.S.
acquired more land in 1818 when, spurred in part by the motivation to punish
the Seminoles for their practice of harboring fugitive slaves, Jackson's troops
invaded Sp
2. Congressman Davey Crockett: “King of the Wild frontier” Congressman Crockett vehemently opposed
many of the policies of President Andrew Jackson, most notably the Indian
Removal Act.
3. Sequoyah: Was a Cherokee
Indian silversmith who in the early 19th century, created a form of
writing that the Cherokee could understand to help coexist with American
culture. This made the Americans jealous, but the Indians could communicate now
through letters
4.Chief Justice John
Marshall: The Chief Justice of the Supreme court at this time, Who rejected
Robert Wirt’s argument about the Indians being a sovereign nation, he also
rejected Jackson’s argument on the Indians being subject to state law. He
clearly stated the Indians as “Domestic Dependent Nations”
5. Sharp Knife: The Cherokee name for Andrew Jackson
6. Missionaries: A member of a religious group
6 Key dates—Indentify & summarize
1. May 28, 1830: The signing of the Indian Removal Act. Not
long after Andrew Jackson became President, he passed the law of the Indian
Removal Act on May 28, 1830
2. March 18, 1831: The day the John Marshall made his
decision stating that the Indians were “Domestic Dependent Nations”
3. Sept. 27, 1830: The first removal treaty signed after the
removal act on September 27, 1830 by Dancing Rabbit Creek, and Choctaw
4. 1835: Treaty of __New Echota_________
5. 1835-1842: The second Seminole War
Trail of Tears Web Quest:
1.
Follow this link and watch PBS video Part 3 “We
Shall Remain”: http://video.pbs.org/video/1101800846/
A.
Write a good long paragraph about what you
learned and how you felt after watching the video:
In Georgia the Cherokee Indians started off with over 200,000 Native
American people in their tribe. Shortly after the War of 1812, it decreased
down to 17,000. The families who were Cherokee blooded picked up the ways of
the whites creating a new civilization. The Americans believed that they could
settle in Georgia which was Indian Territory and belonged to the Five Civilized
Tribes. When Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act, he gave the Indians
a period of time to pack up all of their stuff and start heading west down the
Trail of Tears. The Cherokee Indians did not leave by their “deadline” so the
American army forced them to leave. It was an awful trip down the trail of
tears and many MANY people died during the hard circumstances of the winters.
The trail of tears is not something our country should be proud of.
A.
List 6 facts & Details you learned:
1. More than 17,000 Cherokee Indians traveled along the Trail of Tears
about 170 years ago.
2. The Trail of Tears is about 1,200 miles long from North Dakota, to
Oklahoma.
3. The Cherokee buried 14 or 15 of their people at every stopping place
along the trail
4. Many of the Cherokee Indians faced the Trail of Tears during the
bitter winter of 1832
5. 5,000 horses were used on the Trail of Tears and half of them died
6.
The Creek Indians were sent to through Tennessee
A. look through the images and choose 6 that best represent
what you learned about the Trail of Tears (Save As and Copy & Paste here)
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