Jackson’s Policy towards Native Americans

During Jackson’s Presidency, Native Americans were forced to move west of the Mississippi River

Key Vocabulary and Key People

Key Terms Indian Removal

Act

Indian Territory

Trail of Tears

Key People Sequoya

Osceola

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

Cherokee People…Cherokee 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

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

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

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

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

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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