Removal Policy & Boarding Schools

The US President responsible for the Indian Removal Act

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

The long walk taken by the Cherokee where many died along the way

• The Trail of Tears

• The Long Walk

• The Journey West

• The Walk for Survival

What does it mean to assimilate?

• To be different from a culture

• To change who you are to become part of a culture like learning a language

• To choose parts of a culture to accept

In Jackson’s opinion, why were the native population seen as the “Indian Problem.”

• Natives wanted to be like the Americans

• natives wanted to covert Americans to their culture

• They were in the way of American westward movement & needed the land for planting

What were the conditions like on the Trail of Tears?

• Not enough food

• Natives were whipped if didn’t move fasten enough

• Freezing temperatures

• All of the above

”Kill the Indian in him, save the man,” was the slogan of Boarding School. What did that mean?

• To get rid of Native traditions in order to make them more civilized

• To make Enemies of the Native populations

• Kill the Natives to destroy them forever

The students at the boarding schools were open to which diseases?

• The Flu and Tuberculosis

• Yellow Fever and Small Pox

• Small Pox and the Flu

What did the Boarding Schools forbid Native American children to do?

• Use their own language

• Use their own names

• Practice their religion and culture

• All of the above

In your opinion, after reading about the polices to remove Native people from their land and to assimilate them, can assimilation be violent and dehumanizing? Explain.

What is something knew that you learned During our unit about Native Americans?