Jackson’s Policy
towards Native
Americans
During Jackson’s Presidency, Native Americans
were forced to move west of the Mississippi River
Key Vocabulary and Key People
Key Terms
 Indian Removal Act
Key People
 Sequoya
 Indian Territory
 Osceola
 Trail of Tears
All Dressed up with Nowhere to
be
 AS Americans moved west they hoped Native
Americans would either assimilate to their culture
or leave the lands
 About 100,000 Native Americans in the Five
Civilized Tribes remained east of the Mississippi
River
 The Five Tribes were the Cherokee, Chickasaw,
Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Indians
Cherokee People…Cherokee Tribe**
 Under Sequoya, the Cherokee people adapted
to the new white culture
 The Cherokee would adopt a Cherokee
constitution in Georgia but as gold was
discovered the federal government planned
to move them out
Can I have another choice??
 Jackson began to pass laws to move the Native
Americans West, viewing them as conquered
subjects
 Jackson gave the Native Americans TWO choices:
 Adopt white culture and become citizens of the US
 Move West into Indian Territories
 Native Americans could NOT form their own
government
This Land is my Land….This land is My
land
also
 As white settlers took over Cherokee Lands Jackson
Favored the states
 Facing opposition from congress and some
religions, The Indian Removal Act allowed the
forced movement of the Native Americans
 While Jackson thought the Law was fair, it caused
hardships, and death, among the Native Americans
Court Marshalled
 As more settlers took Native American Lands they
were moved to Indian Territory near Oklahoma,
Kansas, and Nebraska
 While some tribes moved off the lands the
Cherokees appealed the decision to the supreme
court, which reversed the decision of Georgia and
Jackson
 The decision by John Marshall would be ignored by
BOTH Jackson and Georgia
Unhappy Trails
 The Cherokees would be rounded up and were
forced into camps
 Many were forced to march in the rain and snow
without proper clothes causing many to become ill
and a quarter of the Cherokee to die
 The journey of removal, and death, became known
as the Trail of Tears
Cease and Resist
 Some Cherokee, like Tsali resisted movements and would give
their life to save other Cherokees
 The Seminoles would also resist and Osceola would be one of
the best at resisting until he was captured and died in prison
 While some Seminoles moved deeper into the Everglades, Ohio
River tribes also resisted relocation
 In one popular rebellion, Chief Black Hawk led his tribes into
battle for land in Illinois but was badly defeated
 Native American Resistance would prove to be unsuccessful
against a more powerful US Army
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