SS8H4 - Westward Expansion

Native American tribe that lived in northwestern Georgia; forcefully removed from the state in the early 1830’s.

• Creek

• Cherokee

• Yamacraw

• Navajo

Site of America’s first gold rush in 1828; discovery of gold in the area was a factor in the Cherokee removal.

• Macon

• Augusta

• Dahlonega

• Columbus

Act signed into law by Andrew Jackson that required the removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole to Indian Territory.

• Second treaty of Indian Springs

• Treaty of New York

• Indian Removal Act of 1830

• Treaty of Indian Springs

The seventh president of the United States who was an advocate of Indian Removal. He also served as a general who defeated the Creek.

• Martin Van Buren

• John Marshall

• Andrew Jackson

• John Ross

Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme court who ruled in favor of the Cherokee in the Worcester vs. Georgia case; President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the Supreme

Court’s ruling.

• John Marshall

• John Ross

• Bob Ross

• James Jackson

Principal Chief of the Cherokee Indians who tried to use legal means to fight against removal.

• James Oglethorpe

• James Jackson

• John Ross

• William McIntosh

Final removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia in 1838; over 4,000 people died on the forced march from Georgia to Oklahoma.

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Treaty of Indian Springs

• Trail of Tears

• Red Stick War

The landmark Supreme Court case which declared that the Cherokee were sovereign and not subject to the laws of the United States.

• Jackson v. Georgia

• Worcester v. Georgia

• The United States v. Georgia

• Auburn v. Georgia

Creek chief who illegally signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs; was murdered by his tribesmen for this action.

• John Ross

• John Marshall

• William McIntosh

• James Jackson

A Creek Indian civil war between the Red Stick and White Stick factions of the tribe. The Red Sticks want to resist white encroachment and return to their traditional society.

• Red Stick War

• White Stick War

• Battle of Horseshoe Bend

• American Civil War