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Flashcards by Danielle Dietz, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Danielle Dietz
almost 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Cherokee Indians | groups of individuals that Georgia tried to remove from the state. They later challenged the Supreme Court's decision to remove them |
| Indian Removal Act of 1830 | a law passed by Congress to move Native Americans west of the Mississippi |
| John L. O'Sullivan | came up with the idea of Manifest Destiny |
| Manifest Destiny | idea that Americans had the right and duty to expand west |
| Native American | another term for American Indian |
| President Andrew Jackson | set the tone for removing Native Americans by not following the Supreme Court's ruling |
| Reservation | land owned by Native Americans which are recognized by the government |
| Trail of Tears | was an extremely difficult journey. About 20,000 Cherokee were forcibly moved. During their journey, 4,000 died from disease and exhaustion |
| Worchester v. Georgia | Supreme Court case which said that the Cherokee tribe was an independent nation and was not subject to state laws |
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