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Describe the events that led to the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears. Who were the key people? What were their roles? What was the impact on Native Americans?

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Describe the events that led to the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears. Who were the key people? What were their roles? What was the impact on Native Americans?

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The events that led to the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears was when Andrew Jackson led us to victory. He was very famous with the people. Then when he was elected as president, he was the first president from the new states: Tennessee. That made a teensy bit more famous. The country’s voters felt like Jackson was “a common man” just like them. He was the symbol of the country’s changing sense of what a democracy should be. His ideas on democracy were called “Jacksonian Democracy”, which made him more famous. He was also a bit of a “war hawk”. Then he signed a law called the Indian Removal Act, which had all the tribes move to the Indian Territory marked for them(later was renamed as Oklahoma). Gold brought even more settlers to the area where the Indians used to live. The Cherokee had assimilated to the white settler’s culture. John Ross, a Cherokee chief went to the Supreme Court to argue that they should stay on their lands. The Court agreed with the chief, but the president ignored the Indian’s pleas. He wouldn’t enforce their ruling. Martin Van Buren was elected as president after Jackson had served two terms. The Cherokee hoped that Buren would act justly and side with them, but Buren actually agreed with Jackson. HE forced the remaining Cherokee to move west. About one out of four Cherokees died on the trail of tears.

link: http://cherokee1838.tripod.com/Trail_Tears_Painting.jpg

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Describe what happened at the following places in the War of 18112

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Describe what happened at the following places in the War of 18112

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Lake Erie: September, 1813, we won the Battle of Lake Henry. We were led by Captain Oliver Hazard Perry. This important battle helped the U.S control the western lands.

Battle of the Thames: General William Henry led 4,500 soldiers into Canada, The British soldiers’ headquarters. We beat the other side.  Since Tecumseh was killed, many tribes gave up their alliances with them. This was a major change because Britain had a lot of tribes on their side.

Washington DC: The British attacked Washington DC and the White House in August, 1814. They burnt down most of the capital. Dolley Madison, James Madison’s wife, was in the White House. She saved many important documents and government papers. She barely escaped from the place because of the fire.

Baltimore: The British tried to attack Baltimore, Maryland and Fort McHenry, but they miserably failed. They kept firing at us for hours but we never gave up. After seeing the American Flag waving over the fort, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem called the “Star Spangled Banner”, which later became our national anthem, the country’s official song.

New Orleans:  General Andrew Jackson led us to victory at the Battle of New Orleans. The sad part is that neither side knew that a treaty already had been signed in Europe two weeks earlier, officially ending the war.
link: http://soldiers.dodlive.mil/files/2012/06/Battle-of-New-Orleans-LR.jpg

What pages did you find the answer? Pg. 438&439

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What did the British do on land and sea that angered many Americans?

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What did the British do on land and sea that angered many Americans?

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Land: They gave the Native Americans English weapons such as guns to fend off their lands. The British also encouraged them to fight us, but the Indians told the British that they were defending their lands, not fighting.

Sea: On the sea, they stopped our trade with France and other nations. They also captured our soldiers and ships because they needed a crew. They had been at war with France for many years, so they needed a crew.  This angered many Americans, seeing this as another reason for war.

link: http://teaching.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000000/000064/images/northpt-t.jpg

What page did you find the answers? Pg.437

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Who was John Ross and what was his role in the Indian Removal Act? 

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Who was John Ross and what was his role in the Indian Removal Act? 

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John Ross was an Indian chief who went to court because he wanted to argue against the president that they should stay on their land. They assimilated to the white settler’s culture. The Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee and said the president’s acts were unconstitutional. The U.S forced tribes to move 800 miles to the Indian Territory (now is Oklahoma) About 1 out of 4 Indians died in the journey. The president ignored the Supreme Court and absolutely refused to enforce the ruling

link: http://chattlibrary.org/sites/default/files/calendar/ChiefJohnRoss.jpg

What page did you find the answer? Pg.440&441

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Who was Andrew Jackson and what was his role in the War of 1812?

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Who was Andrew Jackson and what was his role in the War of 1812?

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Before this man became president, Andrew Jackson was a general who led the American patriots to victory in a battle in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was later elected as president because people thought he was just like them: “a common man” and that he was also a hero. His ideas about Democracy were later known as the “Jacksonian Democracy”.  Later, he signed a law called the Indian Removal Act, which meant that all Native American tribes including the Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and the Cherokee were supposed to walk 800 miles into the land called Indian Territory ( Later was renamed as Oklahoma ). He was from Tennessee.
link: http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/J/Andrew-Jackson-9350991-1-402.jpg

What page did you find the answer? Pg.438&439

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Who was Francis Scott Key and what was his role in the War of 1812? 

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Who was Francis Scott Key and what was his role in the War of 1812? 

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Francis Scott Key was a poet who wrote the national anthem “Star Spangled Banner” because he saw the American flag waving over Fort McHenry, which is near Baltimore, Maryland. The British attacked for hours but the patriots did not give up. The poem was later set to music and became the official song of the country.
link: http://www.unconservatory.org/celam/celamphotos/fskey.jpg

What page did you find the answer? Pg. 438

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Who was Tecumseh and what was his role in the War of 1812?

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Who was Tecumseh and what was his role in the War of 1812?

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Tecumseh’s role in the War of 1812 was that he united other Native American tribes to defend their lands. He also provided shelter for the other tribes.  He wanted to show them what’s right.

link: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Tecumseh.jpg

What page did you find the answer? Pg. 437

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Who was James Madison and what was his role in the War of 1812? 

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Who was James Madison and what was his role in the War of 1812? 

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James Madison was a president and his role in the War of 1812 was that he asked Congress to declare war on Britain. He was tired of us being treated like losers to Britain and he also had to do something about their unjustly actions.

link: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/madison.jpg

What page did you find the answer? Pg. 438