Chapter 10 Section 4 Notes
Native Americans of the Southeast
When Andrew Jackson became President, more than ___________ Native Americans still lived
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Many were _____________ or lived in ___________.
Among these were the nations of the:
o _________________
o _________________
o _________________
o _________________
o _________________
The Seminoles were a __________________________________________,
____________________________, and ____________________________________.
The Cherokees had ________________________________ including:
o _______________________________________________
o _______________________________________________
o _______________________________________________
o _______________________________________________
The Cherokees even had a _____________________________________.
o It had been created by a leader named ____________________.
In 1827, the Cherokees established a ____________________________________________.
o They claimed status as a _______________________.
The next year, they started a ______________________________________________.
Conflict Over Land
To government leaders, the presence of Native Americans in the Southeast stood in the way of
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Also, Native Americans lived on _____________________ which white farmers wanted for
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Policies to move Native Americans from their lands dated from the presidency of
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He hoped the movement would be ___________________.
He believed that moving west was _________________________________________________.
After the War of 1812, the federal government
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Under those treaties, the groups __________________________________________________.
However, the Native Americans of the Southeast ____________________________.
o By the 1820s, many white southerners were
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In 1825 and 1827, the state of Georgia
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o In 1828, Georgia tried to _______________________________________.
 The state said the Cherokees were __________________________ and they
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Georgia’s actions were __________________________________________________________.
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In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), the Court ______________________________________.
However, in Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Court declared that
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o In the Court’s majority opinion, Chief Justice John Marshall quoted
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o Under the Constitution, treaties are the ________________________________.
o Therefore, Georgia had ___________________________________.
Despite the Court’s ruling, Andrew Jackson was already putting into effect a federal law called the
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The law gave him authority to
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On the Trail of Tears
Believing they had no choice, most Native American leaders ___________________________________.
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They agreed to move to what was called the ________________________.
o Today most of that area is in the state of ______________________.
The _______________ signed the first treaty in 1830 called the _______________________________.
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Closely guarded by American soldiers, they ___________________________________.
The federal government
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o Heavy rain and snow ____________________________________.
The _________________ held out a few years longer.
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They were still on their land in 1837 when _________________________.
Finally, in 1838, ____________________________ forced the Cherokees to move.
o In the winter of 1838-39, they ______________________________________________.
o The route is called the ___________________________.
 The Cherokees were ________________________________.
 They had _________________________________.
 Many did not survive. Of the 15,000 Cherokees who began the trip,
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One group refused to move. The _________________ fought three wars against removal.
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However, in the 1840s ________________________________________.
In their new homes in the Indian Territory, Native Americans
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