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Native Americans. http://www.manataka.org/page2233.html. A. Background Information. 1000 ’ s of tribes lived throughout America. www.emersonkent.com . Native Americans lived off the land and taught the first Americans how to survive through hunting and farming. B. The Indian Removal Act. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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http://www.manataka.org/page2233.html
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A. Background Information
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1000’s of tribes lived throughout America
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Native Americans lived off the land and taught the first Americans how to survive
through hunting and farming
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B. The Indian Removal Act
1. Jackson wanted to open Indian land up for settlement
2. Under pressure Congress passed the Indian Removal Act
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3. This authorized moving Native Americans East of the Mississippi to west of the Mississippi
4.The Bureau of Indian Affairs was created to manage this
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C. The Choctaw
1. The Choctaw were the first tribe to move
2. Mississippi forced them to sign the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek – giving 7.5 million acres of their land up
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3. Moved during the winter the government did not provide enough supplies
4. ¼ of the tribe died
5. Hearing this other tribes tried to resist
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D. Cherokee Resistance
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1. The Cherokee adapt
a. Thinking they could avoid conflict they adopted white culture
b. Created a government similar to the US
c. Children were taught English
d. Sequoya created an alphabet for the Cherokee language
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2. Gold was discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia
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3. Georgia tried to push the
Cherokee out
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3. Worchester v. Georgia
• The Cherokee claimed they had a treaty with US government so they could not be pushed out by Georgia
•The Cherokee filed a lawsuit that went all the way to the Supreme Court
•The Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee
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4. Andrew Jackson refused to honor the decision made by the court
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5. Federal troops were sent in to remove the Cherokee instead of
protecting them
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6. Trail of Tears – An 800 mile march which resulted in the
death of ¼ of the tribe.
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1. The Fox and Sauk
1. Led by Black Hawk the tried to fight
2. After they ran out of food and supplies they were removed http://jamesayers.com/2010/08/01/keokuk-sac-and-fox-chief/
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2. The Seminoles
1. Leadership was forced to sign a treaty followers ignored it
2. Osceola led his people to resist by force – he was captured and died in prison
3. 4,000 were moved but officials gave up, some descendants still live their
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