Trail of Tears and Native American Experience U.S. History Manifest Destiny and Slavery Trail of Tears and Native American Experience Questions What was the importance of the court case Worcester v. Georgia? What was the Trail of Tears? Why were the Cherokee called a "civilized” tribe? Who was the Shawnee chief who built a confederacy among Native American nations? Why were Native Americans forced to abandon their Iand and move west? What kind of connections can you make between the Louisiana Purchase and Indian Removal to lands west of the Mississippi River? What were the conditions of the Indian Removal Act? What happened as a result of the Treaty of Greenville? Which chief led the Lakota in fighting white traders and soldiers in the Great Plains? Which animal provided food, shelter, and clothing for the American Indians on the Great Plains? What did American Indians in the West often traded in exchange for manufactured goods? Why did Jackson forcibly relocate Native Americans? What other action might he have taken to handle the conflict between the southern states and Native Americans? How did the buffalo meet the needs of the Plains Indians in the 1800s? What did the Crow Arapaho, and Sioux all have in common? What were Native American groups most threatened by? Which political action did President Jackson make that led to what became known as the Trail of Tears? Why did the U.S. government remove Native Americans from the Southeast in the 1830s? What was the intent of Indian schools? Who was in favor of the Indian Removal Act? What did President Andrew Jackson do to promote his policy of Indian removal? Who was president of the U.S. after Andrew Jackson? What was the result of breaking up native tribes? Describe the Indian Removal Act. Who put the plan into action? What did the State of Georgia try to do to the Cherokee tribe? Why was Andrew Jackson called "The People's President"? Where were the Native Americans relocated to? In Worster v. Georgia, whose side did the Supreme Court take, Jackson or the Cherokee? Why did the white settlers want the Cherokee's land? What sparked the Sand Creek Massacre? How was the election of Andrew Jackson viewed in 1828? How did Andre Jackson abuse his Presidential power? What are two of the states with extensive Native American reservations? Why is the Battle of Little Bighorn also called Custer's Last Stand? Why did the Iroquois form a confederacy? Who invaded the Cherokee nation and forced the Cherokee to travel from Georgia to Oklahoma in 1838? How did the Homestead Act created conflicts between settlers and native americans? Manifest Destiny and Slavery View all chapters Trail of Tears and Native American Experience Exploration: Lewis and Clark to Manifest Destiny The Slave Trade, The South, and Plantations Next