Jackson/ Trail of Tears 2025 Nearpod

It affirmed the sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation, but was ignored by President Jackson.

It resulted in the immediate protection of Cherokee lands.

It led to the end of the Indian Removal Act.

It granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans.

Homestead Act

Indian Removal Act

Dawes Act

Manifest Destiny

Gold discovery and agricultural land demand

Railroad expansion and oil discovery

Religious freedom and industrialization

Military strategy and disease prevention

To authorize the removal of Native Americans to lands in the West

To grant citizenship to Native Americans

To establish reservations for Native Americans

To abolish slavery in the United States

Created the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Established reservations in California

Granted Native Americans voting rights

Built railroads to Indian Territory

Forced to march 800 miles to Indian Territory

One-fourth of the population died

Cherokees gained new land in the East

Cherokees were allowed to stay in their homeland

North was Free, South was Slave

West was Free, East was Slave

East was Free, West was Slave

South was Free, North was Slave

It was decided in 1832.

It involved Georgia and Native Americans.

It resulted in the protection of Native land rights.

It led to the Trail of Tears.

The taxation of Cherokee lands

The use of subsistence farming by the Cherokee people

The sovereignty of the Cherokee nation

The abandonment of the Cherokee culture by its people

The ruling gave the state authority over relations with American Indians.

The state ignored the ruling and distributed Cherokee lands to white settlers.

More American Indian tribes decided to grant licenses to missionaries to live on tribal lands.

Reservation policies were overturned and replaced with land grants to individuals.

President Jackson annexes land west of the Mississippi River.

President Jackson ignores a Supreme Court ruling.

President Jackson introduces a bill to Congress.

President Jackson vetoes an act passed by Congress.

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B

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D

Ignoring Supreme Court rulings

Annexing land west of the Mississippi River

Introducing bills to Congress

Persuading American Indians to become farmers

To persuade American Indians to become farmers

To gain access to important rivers

To punish American Indians who were allies of the British

To acquire valuable agricultural land and natural resources

It is a group with shared culture but no political rights.

It is a community with its own territory and independent political rights.

It is a region under the control of the U.S. government.

It is a group that must assimilate into American society.

To gain access to valuable land for white settlers

To protect the Cherokee from neighboring tribes

To promote religious freedom for Native Americans

To establish new trade routes