1. River Dell Regional HS US I History Mrs. Rivas

2.  Congress passed the Indian Removal Act and President Jackson signed it into law.Indian Removal Act  The Removal Act provided for the government to negotiate removal treaties with the various tribes.

3. Nation Population east of the Mississippi before removal treaty Removal treaty (year signed) Years of major emigration Total number emigrated or forcibly removed Number stayed in Southeast Deaths during removal Deaths from warfare Choctaw 19,554 [6] + 6000 black slaves [6] Dancing Rabbit Creek (1830) 1831-183612,5007,000 [7] [7] 2,000- 4,000+ (Cholera)Cholera n/a Creek 22,700 + 900 black slaves [8] [8] Cusseta (1832) 1834-183719,600 [9] [9] ? 3,500 (disease after removal) [10] [10] ? (Second Creek War)Second Creek War Chickasaw 4,914 + 1,156 black slaves Pontotoc Creek (1832) 1837-1847over 4,000hundreds a few from disease n/a Cherokee 21,500 + 2,000 black slaves New Echota (1835) 1836-1838 20,000 + 2,000 slaves 1,0002,000-8,000n/a Seminole 5,000 + fugitive slaves Payne's Landing (1832) 1832-18422,833 [11] [11] 250-500 [12] [12] 700 (Second Seminole War)Second Seminole War Southern Removals: Many figures have been rounded.

4. Routes of southern removals.

5.  * Cherokee Nation v. Georgia: 1831  * Worcester v. Georgia: 1832  Supreme Court ruled that Native American tribes were sovereign nations  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  President Andrew Jackson is often quoted as having responded to the court by defiantly proclaiming, "John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it!"

6.  http://www.zamzar.com/getFiles.php?uid=6 502369720751001239993434&targetID=Qts 8kW5aHFeP9Hb1vARF6w_I http://www.zamzar.com/getFiles.php?uid=6 502369720751001239993434&targetID=Qts 8kW5aHFeP9Hb1vARF6w_I

9.  http://cherokeehistory.com/samuel.html http://cherokeehistory.com/samuel.html  Discussion Questions:   How were Samuel’s family and friends treated by the soldiers who captured them?   What is Samuel’s attitude toward the soldiers guarding his people?   How does the text of “Samuel’s Memory” compare to a traditional history book’s description of the Trail of Tears?   What information can be obtained from a primary source like “Samuel’s Memory” that may be lacking in a secondary source history textbook?   If you were directing the movie version of “Samuel’s Memory,” how would you transform the text into various scenes to be filmed?

11.  www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/nation/jb_nation_tears_1_ e.html  www. Historyteacher.net- images  http://cherokeehistory.com/samuel.html