Indian Removal Act

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Indian Removal Act
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Indian Removal Act

• Relocation of Native American Indian tribes
  living east of the Mississippi River
• Western Settlers
• Gold

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Cherokee Fight Back

• Supreme Court
• John Marshall
• Andrew Jackson

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Trail of Tears

• Trails of Tears was given to the period of ten
  years in which over 70,000 Indians to Oklahoma.
• 2,200 Miles
• Choctaws Chickisaw Cherokee Creeks Seminoles
• Unfortunately, the land that they were given only
  lasted till about 1906 and then they were forced
  to move to other reservations

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