1. Cycle 6 goals Abraham Lincoln: Find key facts, examples and details from a source and incorporate them into a response Fort Sumter: Compare and contrast various historical events, figures and/or information Gettysburg: Interpret information in order to create an argument using evidence Sojourner Truth: Create a persuasive argument using connections, inferences and document information

2. Aim: How did westward expansion affect Native Americans? Do Now:  Describe events or groups of people who have been denied equal rights or freedom. Give examples from throughout the year and United States history.

3. Essential Question: How free is the U.S.A.?  How has the government or certain parts of society denied people their rights or freedom?  In what ways have groups of people fought for their freedom and equality?  How did westward expansion help reveal (show) problems of inequality within the United States?

4. I. Indian Removal Act of 1830  President Andrew Jackson  Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw tribes  Native American reservations  Worchester v. Georgia

5. Andrew Jackson

6. II. Trail of Tears  1830s displacement  Cold, disease, starvation  Federal troops