| A | B |
|---|
| Sequoyah | Invented the Cherokee Alphabet |
| John Ross | 1st elected leader of the Cherokee |
| Major Ridge | in favor of relocation, labeled a traitor |
| Winfield Scott | US officer in charge of removal |
| John Marshall | He ruled in favor of the Cherokee Nation |
| Elias Boudinot | Editor of Cherokee newspaper |
| New Echota | Capital of Cherokee nation |
| Oklahoma | end of trail |
| Indian Removal Act | congressional act that forced Cherokee to leave homelands |
| discrimination | unfair treatment based on background |
| racism | hatred of others |
| stereotype | generalization of a group |
| Ross' Landing | 2,000 Cherokee held here in 1838 |
| Hopkinsville | Cherokee Chief Whitepath burial site |
| Berry Ferry | crossing the Ohio river on the trail |
| Green's Ferry | crossing the Mississippi river on the trail |
| beliefs | opinions |
| traitor | a person who betrays |
| genocide | policy to get rid of a race or group |
| Andrew Jackson | President who signed the law to start the Trail of Tears |
