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US HistoryChapter 11Section 2
Dark Days in US HistoryMoving the Native Americans
◦ In the Southeast, “Five Civilized Tribes”: Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw Relocate – force people to leave land
◦ Indian Removal Act – federal government allowed to pay the Native Americans to leave Indian Territory – Congress created land in present-day
Oklahoma◦ The Cherokees refused to leave
Worcester vs. Georgia – Cherokee argued that the state government could not force them to move (Marshall agreed and said only the federal government could)
◦ General Winfield Scott – forcefully led the Cherokee to the new land
◦ Trail of Tears
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Native Americans Fight BackBlack Hawk – Sauk chieftain, who led the
Sauk and Fox people in a fight back to Illinois (eventually beat)
Seminoles in Florida, led by Osceola, were the only successful group to retain the land◦ Guerrilla Tactics – making surprise attacks and then
retreating into covered areasThe Five Civilized Tribes took the eastern half of
Oklahoma◦ The land was formerly the Plains people’s (Osage,
Comanche, and Kiowa)◦ They developed government, schools, homes◦ They created the Lighthorsemen (police force)
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Checking for Understanding
__ 1. referring to surprise attacks or raids rather than organized warfare
__ 2. to force a person or group of people to move
A. relocateB. guerrilla tactics
Define Match the terms on the right with their definitions on the left.
B
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