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Removal of Native Peoples
Directions: Review pages 344-349 to identify the key people and events associated with Indian removal.
1. An important leader of the Creek Indians, _________________________________ was the son of a Scottish father
and Creek mother.
2. Future president _________________________________ gained some fame during fighting with the Red Stick
Indians at Horseshoe Bend.
3. e first and second treaties of _________________________________ were part of the gradual process of Native
Americans losing their lands in Georgia.
4. Chief _________________________________ was killed by his own people for agreeing to give away their lands
without their approval.
5. _________________________________ was the Cherokee credited with developing a written language for his
people, known as a _____________________.
6. e Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee land was not subject to Georgia law in the
_________________________________ case.
7. _________________________________ was an important leader for the Cherokee Indians. His father was
Scottish and his mother was Cherokee.
8. e Cherokee published their own newspaper known as the _________________________________, printed in
English and Cherokee.
9. Indicators of how the Cherokee adopted some aspects of white culture are reflected in their adoption of a
constitution as well as establishing a capital city at _________________________________.
10. One key event in Georgia that added tension to relations between whites and Indians was the
discovery of
_________________ near _________________________________ in the year __________.
11. Pressure to remove Indians from their homeland reached a peak when the United States
Congress passed the
_________________________________ Act in the year _________.
12. is act set aside western lands in present-day _________________________________ for Cherokee to move to.
13. e forced movement of the Cherokee westward is known as the _________________________________.
72 Chapter 14 Expansion and Growth: 1789-1850
Section 2 The War of 1812 and Indian Removal Lesson Review
