Warmup

1. Warmup Date: Monday, March 10, 2014 Objective: Using a map, quote, and picture SWBAT compare and contrast these “texts” in preparation for their essay. Question: Think about the maps and Tecumseh’s speech. How did westward expansion of the US affect the Native Americans?

2. At the time of its adoption, was the Indian Removal Act a gift or punishment for the Native Americans?

3. At the time of its adoption, was the Indian Removal Act a gift or punishment for the Native Americans? Max D. Standly, Painting Part of a Trail of Tears Series in 1995

4. At the time of its adoption, was the Indian Removal Act a gift or punishment for the Native Americans? “It will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites; enable them to pursue happiness in their own way and under their own native institutions; will slow the progress of illness and disease, which is lessening their numbers and perhaps cause them gradually, under the protection of the government and through the influences of good counsels, to cast of their savage habits and become an interesting, civilized, and Christian community.” -Speech by President Andrew Jackson on the Indian Removal Act, 1830