Forced removal of the Five Civilized tribes from their land to the Indian Territory

Philosophical idea that the spiritual world is more important than the physical world and that people can find truth within themselves through intuition

The Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was “a distinct community” with “self-government” in which the laws of Georgia had no force

Leader of the original Democratic Party and a “President of the people”. He was also responsible for the Trail of Tears, which forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.

Famous reformer who worked for better conditions in prisons and asylums

Famous American writer and poet during the mid 1800’s

Organized the Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women’s Rights Movement in the United States.

Famous American writer and philosopher; published On the Duty of Civil Disobedience in response to the Mexican-American War

Famous reformer who worked for improvements in American public schools

A group of painters who lived and worked in the Hudson River Valley in New York

Son of John Adams; Sixth president of the United States

Famous American writer; author of The Scarlett Letter

An American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist Movement

Leader of the Women’s Rights Movement and one of the authors of the Declaration of Sentiments

Philosophers and authors who agreed that people can find truth within themselves through intuition