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The Trail of Tears | The forced removal of Native Americans from their homes in Southeastern America. They moved to Oklahoma. |
Choctaw | A tribe from Mississippi and Alabama. |
Cherokee | A tribe from Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee. |
Creek | One of the tribes that was moved from the Southeast to Oklahoma. They were from Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida. |
Chickasaw | A tribe from Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. |
Seminole | A tribe from Florida. |
President Andrew Jackson | He ordered that the Native Americans leave their homes and move to Okalahoma. |
The Supreme Court | They ruled that it was not fair or legal to make the Native Americans move. |
John Ross | Cherokee leader who thought the Native Americans should move to Oklahoma. |
Major Ridge | Cherokee leader who thought the Native Americans should NOT move to Oklahoma. |