The American Journey © 2012

"The Struggles of Native Americans"

Introduction
In this chapter you learned that thousands of Native Americans were forced to abandon their lands to white settlers and forced West to relocate. President Jackson pushed the Indian Removal Act through Congress and then sent officials to make treaties with the Native Americans to give up their lands in exchange for money. In the Southeast United States, the "Five Civilized Tribes"—the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw—were rounded up and made to walk to Oklahoma.

Destination Title: Jackson Era

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• Scroll down and move your cursor over the shaded areas on the map. Read the information that appears in the center shaded box.
• Scroll to the bottom and move your cursor over the symbols in "Little Known Facts." Read the corresponding text below the symbols.

Use what you learn to answer the following questions.

1			What was the capital of the Cherokee Nation from 1825 – 1838, and which state was it located in?
2			Why did the Cherokee not want to leave? And how did they describe leaving?
3			How many groups of Cherokee traveled by land? By water?
4			Where is Talequah, and how did it get its name?
5			Why are Fort Butler, North Carolina and Fort Payne, Alabama noted on the map?
6			Describe the type of community the Cherokee had at the time of their forced removal in 1838.