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    During westward expansion many Native American Tribes were forced out of their homelands and moved into what was known as “Indian Territory” which is modern-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Seminole‚ and Creeks‚ known as the “five civilized tribes” and the Plains Indians‚ which had been relocated to the western part of the territory on land leased from the Five Civilized Tribes‚ were moved into this area. Many of these tribes were enemies and were now being forced to live next to each

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    Vivian Du Us History 5 10/13/14 We Shall Remain post-viewing questions Episode 3: Trail of Tears 1. The U.S. government’s policy of “civilization” was developed at the ending of the American Revolution. It funded missionary organizations to go into Native American nations and teach the Natives how to be Anglo Americans. The Native Americans were being taught how to live the life‚ an Anglo American believed was a civilized way of living. This policy was introduced to the Cherokees by Thomas Jefferson

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    The generalization that‚ "The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790s than a change in that policy‚" is valid. Every since the American people arrived at the New World they have continually driven the Native Americans out of their native lands. Many people wanted to contribute to this removal of the Cherokees and their society. Knox

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    subjected to coercion and manipulation by government officials who forced them to give up their land. Tens of thousands of Native Americans‚ most notably members of the Cherokee Nation‚ were forcibly removed and marched to regions like Oklahoma in the Trail of Tears in the 1830s‚ and many died along the way. Under the Indian Removal

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    the second bank of America causing horrifying economic problems‚ and he owned many slaves. In 1839‚ Andrew Jackson forced Native Americans to leave their homeland for his own benefits. They had to make a treacherous trip later named by them “The Trail of Tears”. The Native Americans lived peacefully in the homeland to the West. However‚ their land was wanted

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    had no choice. Partnering with the campers was one of the most important duties of a junior counselor. Protecting their feelings was another. Sure enough‚ hiking with Shaxton was painfully slow. As he picked his way over the roots and rocks on the trail‚ I started talking about the trees‚ the weather‚ the fun we were going to have at camp--anything to keep myself company. I was mid-sentence when I realized Shaxton was no longer beside me. I turned around to find him standing like

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    Trail of Tears Trial of Tears and the Five Civilized Tribes During the early years of 1800s‚ valuable gold deposits were discovered in tribal lands‚ which by previous cessions had been reduced to about seven million acres in northwest Georgia‚ eastern Tennessee‚ and southwest North Carolina. In 1819 Georgia appealed to the U.S. government to remove the Cherokee from Georgia lands. When the appeal failed

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    Cherokee Removal In 1828‚ Andrew Jackson was presented as president. He wanted to remove Indians to have more land for the white people. When Jackson wanted to remove the Indians most cooperated‚ but not the Cherokee Indians. The Cherokee Indians refused to leave their land. Jackson had given a speech about the removal act. He didn’t care what tribe of Indians it was he didn’t want any Indians on "His" land. In Jacksons mind if one tribe of Indians left they would all leave. If only it was that

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    Tennessee. They were very friendly. In the early 1800’s they were forced to leave George‚ Kentucky‚ South Carolina‚ Virginia and Tennessee because of President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy. The Cherokee Indians called their journey the Trail of Tears because they had little food and were very tired. Four thousand out of fifteen thousand men and women died along the way. The Indians that were forced to leave settled in Oklahoma. The Cherokee Indians lived in wigwams made of wood‚ bark

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    The word Cherokee comes from a Creek word "Chelokee" meaning "people of a different speech." In their own language the Cherokee called themselves the Aniyunwiya or "principal people" or the Keetoowah‚ "people of Kituhwa." The Cherokee are perhaps one of the most interesting of Native American Groups. Their life and culture are closely intertwined with early American settlers and the history of our own nation ’s struggle for freedom. In the interest of promoting tolerance and peace‚ and with

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