A | B |
The belief that America's westward expansion was inevitable and beneficial | Manifest Destiny |
The expulsion of American Indians from several southern states | Trail of Tears |
American Indians were not recognized as either of these | U.S. citizens nor foreign nations |
Plains Indians hunted these over large tracts of land | buffalo |
He felt the Indians would have a better chance to defend their rights if they were American citizens | President Grant |
Of all the Indian tribes, they tried hardest to assimilate into American culture | Cherokee |
70,000 Native Americans were moved here by 1840 | Oklahoma |
The amendment that guaranteed equal protection to Native Americans (and other minorities) | Fourteenth |
nomadic | wandering |
obligation | responsibility |
durability | strength |
solemn | sacred |
residue | remainder |
He wrote the "Address to the Cherokee Nation" | George Washington |
The Cherokee chief who sued the State of Georgia to keep his people's land | John Ross |
Something the Supreme Court must decide it has before it can hear a case | jurisdiction |
Andrew Jackson signed this act into law | Indian Removal Act |
This restricts the power of all three branches of government, making it difficult to pass good and bad laws | the Constitution |