Native American Removal

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Native American Removal
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Black Hawk War

• 1827 - US Govt says all Native Americans must
  leave Illinois
• Chief Black Hawk of the Sauk refuses, saying no
  one can own land
• US settlers moved into the village when they were
  away hunting
• After Sauk attacks, US troops drove out Indians

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Indian Removal Act

• President Jackson pushes Congress to force
  Indians to move west of the Mississippi
• Congress established Indian Territory (now
  Oklahoma) as the new Indian homeland
• US govt creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs

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John C. Calhoun
One of the greatest evils to which they
(Indians) are subject is the incessant (constant)
pressure of our population.

1. According to John C. Calhoun, why is the US
   government forcing the Native Americans to move
   off of their homelands?
2. What is wrong with this statement?

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Cherokee Indians

• Lived peacefully in the Appalachian Mountains of
  NC, GA, SC, TN
• Adopted culture of whites - wrote and spoke
  English
• Had own written language and newspaper
• Based their government on the U.S. Constitution

Who is this?
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Cherokee Sue For Land

• Cherokee sued the government of Georgia for
  taking their land
• Worcester vs. Georgia - Supreme Court rules
  Georgias actions are illegal and that the
  Cherokee can stay

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President Andrew Jackson
Chief Justice John Marshall has made his
decision. Now let him enforce it.

1. What is the job of the Supreme Court?
2. What is the job of the President?
3. What should happen if a government official
   refuses to do his job?

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Trail of Tears

• President Jackson orders troops to move in on the
  Cherokees
• Georgia govt. smashes in Cherokee printing press
• US troops move 18,000 Cherokee at gunpoint 800
  miles from 1838-1839
• 25 of Cherokee died - most elderly and children

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30 Years Later
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Navajo Long Walk - 1864

• Navajos were forced to walk at gunpoint from
  their reservation in Arizona to eastern New
  Mexico.
• Trip lasted 18 days
• Over 200 Navajos died on the 450 mile long walk.
• The Navajo tribe had lived on their land in
  Arizona since the 16th Century.

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The Long Walk Home

• On June 18, 1868 the US government allowed the
  Navajo to return to their former ancestral home.
• The return journey to Arizona was called the
  Long Walk" home.
• This is one of the few instances where the US
  government relocated a tribe to their traditional
  boundaries.