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Assignment:
Video: 03 Trail of Tears
1) Describe the complexities of the tens of thousands of Native peoples in this region before the arrival of English- speaking population (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole...)
2) How, specifically, are the Cherokee impacted by the expansion of the White population in the early 1800s through 1820s?
3) Describe the U.S. government's policy towards Native peoples called "Civilization". What is it? What does President Jefferson promise natives? How do these policies come to impact Native peoples? (give specific examples)
4) Tell us about the ways that the Cherokee adapt to this growing White presence. How is land held?
5) Tell us about John Ross and his role in this changing world for the Cherokee.
6) Tell us about "Major" Ridge and then his son John Ridge, and how they view the future of the Cherokee Nation.
7) Tell us about cotton, and how that impacts Natives of the Southeast.
8) Describe President Andrew Jackson's (Pres 1829-1837) policies towards Natives ("Indian Removal"). Georgia's response
9) Worcester vs. Georgia Supreme Court case, 1832. What does that say about Georgia trying to override Cherokee laws? President Jackson's response to US Supreme Court decision?
10) Describe Chief John Ross and Cherokee's response to "Indian Removal".