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Native American Removal

Native American Removal. Chapter 7 Section 3. 1. Some whites wanted to displace Native Americans 2. Some whites wanted to assimilate Native Americans into white culture: Speak English Pray in Church Eat meals at regular times Grow wheat instead of corn

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Native American Removal

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  1. Native American Removal Chapter 7 Section 3

  2. 1. Some whites wanted to displace Native Americans 2. Some whites wanted to assimilate Native Americans into white culture: • Speak English • Pray in Church • Eat meals at regular times • Grow wheat instead of corn • Dress in white man’s clothing (European style) = political and social equals

  3. Five Civilized Tribes • Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, & Chickasaw • Lived in southeastern part of US • Whites wanted that land for farming & mining

  4. 1. Seminole 2. Creek 3. Choctaw 4. Chickasaw 5. Cherokee

  5. Indian Removal Act 1830 • Jackson didn’t think assimilation would work • Allowing Native Americans to remain in homelands = too many troops for protection • Only solution = removal to west of Mississippi River • Federal gov’t. provided funds to negotiate treaties for westward removal

  6. Worcester v. Georgia 1832 • Cherokee Nation won recognition as a distinct political community • Georgia couldn’t control the Cherokee or invade their lands • Jackson didn’t uphold Supreme Court decision

  7. Cherokee leader John Ross tried to fight Georgia in court, but other Cherokees promoted relocation • Treaty of New Echota 1835: gave 8 million acres of Cherokee land to federal gov’t • Cherokees got money & land west of Miss. River • 1838: 20,000 Cherokees lived east of Miss. River = forced removal

  8. Trail of Tears • Began October and November 1838 • 20,000 Cherokees forced to travel 800+ miles to Oklahoma Territory in groups of 1,000 people • Traveled partly by steamboat & railroad – mostly by foot • Robbed by troops and outlaws • Took 3-4 months • > ¼ died of disease and cold • Given bad land

  9. We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=wesr37

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