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Antebellum America (Indian Removal (Jackson’s policies (Trail of Tears…

- - - - Result of the Indian Removal Act
        
        1830 Indian Removal Act
        
        Attempting to negotiate fair treaties
      - 1838 Cherokee Removal: official Trail of Tears
        
        Moved from Cherokee tribal lands (Foothills of Great Smoky Mountains) to the Western Frontier
      - 5 “civilized tribes” of Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek
        
        Settled communities
        
        Farms
        
        Dressed like white men
        
        Christianity/religion
        
        Written language
        
        Newspapers
      - Cotton and gold
        
        Cotton needs lots of land and generally grown on plantations
        
        White men trying to take land
        
        Natives say “get off my land”
        
        White men say “no”
        
        Natives attack and whites cry to gov.
        
        Gov. tries to make them get off land but people go “make me”
        
        They negotiate a treaty
      - 1831 Choctaw moved
      - Worcester v.s. Georgia