Cycle 6 goals

Abraham Lincoln: Find key facts, examples and details from a source and incorporate them into a response

Fort Sumter: Compare and contrast various historical events, figures and/or information

Gettysburg: Interpret information in order to create an argument using evidence

Sojourner Truth: Create a persuasive argument using connections, inferences and document information

Aim: How did westward expansion affect Native Americans?

Do Now: Describe events or groups of people who have been denied equal rights or freedom. Give examples from throughout the year and United States history.

Essential Question: How free is the U.S.A.?

How has the government or certain parts of society denied people their rights or freedom?

In what ways have groups of people fought for their freedom and equality?

How did westward expansion help reveal (show) problems of inequality within the United States?

I. Indian Removal Act of 1830

President Andrew Jackson Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw tribes

Native American reservations Worchester v. Georgia

Andrew Jackson

II. Trail of Tears

1830s displacement Cold, disease, starvation Federal troops