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As soon as you sit down

As soon as you sit down. Turn to page 98 in your ISN Fill out the effects of the three causes you have written down (you may use your textbook) “In conclusion,” write four to five sentences that describe your opinion of Andrew Jackson so far. Conflicts Over Land. Chapter 9, Section 2.

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As soon as you sit down

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  1. As soon as you sit down • Turn to page 98 in your ISN • Fill out the effects of the three causes you have written down (you may use your textbook) • “In conclusion,” write four to five sentences that describe your opinion of Andrew Jackson so far

  2. Conflicts Over Land Chapter 9, Section 2

  3. Turn to page 341 and read the section, “Moving Native Americans” until you hear the timer

  4. Moving Native Americans • Name the Five Civilized Tribes? • What made them civilized? • Why did settlers want the government to relocate the Native Americans?

  5. Moving Native Americans • The Five Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw • They had established farming societies with successful economies • The area west of the Mississippi River was very dry, so farming was not good • A lot of Americans proposed relocating the Native Americans there so they could use their good land in the east

  6. Turn to page 342 and read the “Indian Removal Act”

  7. Indian Removal Act • What did the Act do? • Where is Indian Territory?

  8. Indian Removal Act • Passed in 1830, this act allowed the federal government to pay Native Americans to move west • Most Native Americans felt compelled to accept the payment • In 1834, Congress created Indian Territory, in present-day Oklahoma, for Native Americans from the Southeast

  9. Turn to page 343 and read “The Cherokee Nation”

  10. The Cherokee Nation • In which state did most of the Cherokee preside? • What did the treaties of the 1790’s do?

  11. Worcester v. Georgia • Who sued who? • What did John Marshall rule? • What did Jackson say about the ruling?

  12. The Cherokee Nation • The Cherokee refused to give up their land • In treaties of the 1790’s, the federal government had recognized the Cherokee people in the state of Georgia as their own nation with their own laws • Georgia refused to respect Cherokee laws

  13. Worchester v. Georgia • The Cherokee sued the state of Georgia and it eventually went to the Supreme Court • In Worchester v. Georgia (1832) John Marshall ruled that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee. Only the federal government could! • President Jackson decided to ignore the Supreme Court’s ruling stating, “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!”

  14. Turn to page 343 and read “The Trail of Tears”

  15. The Trail of Tears • What were a few Cherokee persuaded to do in 1835? • Who was General Winfield Scott and what did he do? • What claimed the lives of thousands of Cherokee?

  16. The Trail of Tears • Most of the Cherokee protested when asked to leave their native land • In 1838, President Jackson sent an army under General Winfield Scott to remove the Cherokee from their land and lead them west • Brutal weather claimed thousands of lives • The journey became known as the Trail of Tears

  17. Turn to page 344 and read “Native American Resistance”- stop when you get to page 345

  18. Sauk Resistance • Who led them? • Where was their homeland? • Where did the military chase them? • What did they do when they caught them?

  19. Seminole Resistance • Who led them? • Where was their homeland? • With whom did they join forces? • How many American soldiers had been killed by 1842?

  20. Sauk Resistance • The Sauk chief, Black Hawk, led a force of Sauk and Fox people back to their homeland of Illinois, trying to get it back • The state militia and federal troops chased them back to the Mississippi River, where they slaughtered most of the Native Americans

  21. Seminole Resistance • The Seminole of Florida were the only tribe to successfully resist removal • Led by Osceola, they teamed up with some runaway slaves and used guerrilla tactics to ambush soldiers • They fought the “Seminole Wars” against the federal troops, killing a lot of American soldiers until the government gave up and allowed some of them to remain in Florida

  22. Read page 345 until the end of the section

  23. Oklahoma • When did Oklahoma become a part of the United States (as a territory?) • Once the Five Civilized Tribes relocated, what did they develop?

  24. Oklahoma • Native Americans had been given $68 million and 32 million acres of land west of the Mississippi • They lived, divided by tribes, in Indian Territory, which is present-day Oklahoma • The Five Civilized Tribes developed their governments, improved their farms and built schools

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