Trail of Tears

President ______ supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

• Jackson

• Jefferson

• Adams

• Lincoln

Worcester v. Georgia established that the Cherokee nation was a _____ nation.

Why did Jackson and many other Americans support removing the Native Americans.

• They believed the Natives were too powerful.

• Jackson was attacked by a Native American when he was a child.

• Manifest Destiny could only be accomplished if Americans moved Westward.

• Americans were jealous of Native American culture.

How does this image make you feel?

Why did the state of Georgia win the Supreme Court case "Cherokee Nation v. Georgia"?

• Georgia had better lawyers.

• The tribes were classified as "domestic dependent nations", so they lacked the rights a state has.

• The Cherokee Nation refused to show up to the trial in protest.

• The governor of Georgia threatened the Supreme Court justices to rule in his favor.

The Trail of Tears journey often took up to ___ months.

What promise to the Cherokee Nation has the United States failed to fulfill?

How many Native Americans died as a result of the Trail of Tears?

• According to census data, 20,346 died.

• There were no deaths, but there were significant illnesses.

• Nearly every Native American died because the journey was almost impossible to make.

• Roughly 15,000, but the exact number is impossible to know.

Explain the concept of ethnic cleansing.

How can the United States work to repair our relationship with the Native American tribes today?