Indian Removal Act

Fill in the blank using the correct vocabulary term: As the United States expanded west in the 19th century, they started to believe that they were chosen by God to take over the entire North American continent. This belief was called Manifest Destiny. The land the United States was taking over was not unoccupied, but rather, owned by different Native American groups throughout the continent. Many people in the United States viewed Native Americans as barbaric, believing they could never fit in with American society and culture. This led many Americans to think of Indians as a problem that needed to be removed. One supporter of Indian removal was President

Fill in the blank using the correct vocabulary term: Therefore, according to Jackson, Indian removal was not an act of war, but an act of benevolence [kindness]. In 1830, he officially signed the

Fill in the blank using the correct vocabulary term: Other groups, like the Cherokee believed that the law was unfair and that the United States could not force them to give up their land. The Cherokee challenged the constitutionality of the law in court. Their challenge was heard by the Supreme Court in a case called

Fill in the blank using the correct vocabulary term: Throughout the 1830s, thousands of Native American groups were forced off their home land and moved out west. Many died of hunger, disease, freezing, and exhaustion. Thousands of Native Americans died along the path that became known as the