Jackson

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Jacksons Policy towards Native Americans

• During Jacksons Presidency, Native Americans
  were forced to move west of the Mississippi River

2
Key Vocabulary and Key People

• Key Terms
• Indian Removal Act
• Indian Territory
• Trail of Tears

• Key People
• Sequoya
• Osceola

3
All Dressed up with Nowhere to be

• AS Americans moved west they hoped Native
  Americans would either assimilate to their
  culture or leave the lands
• About 100,000 Native Americans in the Five
  Civilized Tribes remained east of the Mississippi
  River
• The Five Tribes were the Cherokee, Chickasaw,
  Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Indians

4
Cherokee PeopleCherokee Tribe

• Under Sequoya, the Cherokee people adapted to the
  new white culture
• The Cherokee would adopt a Cherokee constitution
  in Georgia but as gold was discovered the federal
  government planned to move them out

5
Can I have another choice??

• Jackson began to pass laws to move the Native
  Americans West, viewing them as conquered
  subjects
• Jackson gave the Native Americans TWO choices
• Adopt white culture and become citizens of the US
• Move West into Indian Territories
• Native Americans could NOT form their own
  government

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This Land is my Land.This land is also My land

• As white settlers took over Cherokee Lands
  Jackson Favored the states
• Facing opposition from congress and some
  religions, The Indian Removal Act allowed the
  forced movement of the Native Americans
• While Jackson thought the Law was fair, it caused
  hardships, and death, among the Native Americans

7
Court Marshalled

• As more settlers took Native American Lands they
  were moved to Indian Territory near Oklahoma,
  Kansas, and Nebraska
• While some tribes moved off the lands the
  Cherokees appealed the decision to the supreme
  court, which reversed the decision of Georgia and
  Jackson
• The decision by John Marshall would be ignored by
  BOTH Jackson and Georgia

8
Unhappy Trails

• The Cherokees would be rounded up and were forced
  into camps
• Many were forced to march in the rain and snow
  without proper clothes causing many to become ill
  and a quarter of the Cherokee to die
• The journey of removal, and death, became known
  as the Trail of Tears

9
Cease and Resist

• Some Cherokee, like Tsali resisted movements and
  would give their life to save other Cherokees
• The Seminoles would also resist and Osceola would
  be one of the best at resisting until he was
  captured and died in prison
• While some Seminoles moved deeper into the
  Everglades, Ohio River tribes also resisted
  relocation
• In one popular rebellion, Chief Black Hawk led
  his tribes into battle for land in Illinois but
  was badly defeated
• Native American Resistance would prove to be
  unsuccessful against a more powerful US Army

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