Trail of Tears

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Indian Removal Act
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Chief John Ross letter 1835
Sequoyah
Letter from John Burnett Story of the Trail of
Tears
Andrew Jackson defends the removal policy, 1830
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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia Supreme Court ruling
John Marshall has made his decision. Now let
him enforce it.
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Osceola
Cherokee resistance
To the Trail of Tears
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Dilemma

• The Indian Removal Act of 1830 has been passed.
  You are a member of an Native American tribe who
  will be relocated to the Indian Territory.
  Members of your tribe are discussing rather to
  accept or resist relocating to this new
  territory.

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Consider the following points

• Who are you? Tell us about your family. Where
  do you live? Describe your life.
• What was the Indian Removal Act?
• Why did whites pressure the government to force
  the Cherokee out of Georgia?
• How had the Cherokee adapted to living among
  white settlers?
• How did the Supreme Court rule on the Cherokee
  case, and why was Jackson able to ignore this
  ruling?

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• How did some Native American groups in the
  Southeast resist removal?
• How did the Indian Removal Act affect Native
  American groups in the Southeast?
• Why is the journey of the Cherokee to Indian
  Territory known as the Trail of Tears?

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• Will you resist relocation to the Indian
  Territory or will you make the long and difficult
  journey?
• Be sure to use the following vocabulary in your
  paper
• Indian Removal Act
• Indian Territory
• Andrew Jackson
• Sequoyah