5.37-5.40 Horseshoe Bend/Jackson's Impact/Davey Crocket

Front

Tennessee got the nickname, "The Volunteer State" because ________________.

Back

3,500 Tennesseans quickly volunteered to fight in the War of 1812.

Front

The Jackson Purchase added this third Grand Division to Tennessee.

Back

West

Front

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend was significant because __________.

Back

it made Andrew Jackson a national hero and ended Creek resistance to American advances into the Southwest.

Front

What was the role of Andrew Jackson in fighting the Creeks during the War of 1812?

Back

At Horseshoe Bend, Jackson defeated the Creek Indians forcing them to surrender and give up millions of acres of land.

Front

The Indian Removal Act led to the event known in History as ____________.

Back

The Trail of Tears

Front

What happened when the US Supreme Court decided the Cherokees could keep their land?

Back

Andrew Jackson defied the Supreme Court.

Front

The consequences of the Indian Removal Act were __________.

Back

1/4 of the people that traveled the Trail of Tears died, the government established a pattern of treating Native Americans as being inferior, Native Americans were pushed onto land that was not suitable for their way of life.

Front

What was John Ross' importance in Cherokee history?

Back

He fought back against the Indian Removal Act and tried to save the Cherokee land.

Front

How did the Indian Removal Act affect American Indian tribes in Tennessee?

Back

American Indian tribes were forced to move west of the Mississippi River, so they had to leave Tennessee.

Front

How did the Treaty of Echota affect the Cherokee in Tennessee?

Back

They agreed to move west of the Mississippi River.