Unit 2.5 Classwork: The Indian Removal Act & the Trail of Tears
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Content Objective: I will be able to explain the conditions of the Trail of Tears and explain why it happened..
Standard Objective: I will be able to identify explicitly stated relationships between individuals (e.g. comparison-contrast).
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Content Objective: I will be able to explain the conditions of the Trail of Tears and explain why it happened..
Standard Objective: I will be able to identify explicitly stated relationships between individuals (e.g. comparison-contrast).
Absent? Want to see the slides? Click here!
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Opinion Question: Does the United States government have the right to make you move away from your home? Explain your answer in at least two complete sentences.
Opinion Question: Does the United States government have the right to make you move away from your home? Explain your answer in at least two complete sentences.
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At the beginning of the 1830s, nearly _______ Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida. Their ancestors had occupied and _______ this land for generations, but by the end of the decade, very few Native Americans remained anywhere in the southeastern United States.
White Americans often feared and _______ the Native Americans: to them, Native Americans were unfamiliar people who occupied land that white settlers wanted. But the Native Americans’ land was valuable, and it grew to be more _______ as white settlers flooded the region. Many of these whites yearned to make their fortunes by growing cotton, and often resorted to violent means to take land from their Native neighbors. They stole livestock; burned and looted houses and towns; and even committed mass murder.
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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a key feature of Andrew Jackson’s presidency that gave him power to negotiate removal treaties with Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi river. Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow _______ on the Natives’ land, the U.S. government forced them to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles to a specially designated "_______ Territory," which would later become the state of Oklahoma.
By the end of the decade, _______ eastern Native Americans were relocated to the” Indian Territory. Since the bulk of the new territory was in the American south, Jackson successfully opened up 25 million acres of land to white settlement and the expansion of _______ .
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According to the map above, which Native American tribe was NOT affected by the Indian Removal Act?
According to the map above, which Native American tribe was NOT affected by the Indian Removal Act?
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Some tribes _______ their forced removal from their ancestral homes, which they coined the Trail of Tears because of its devastating effects on the exhausted migrants. Over 70,0000 Native Americans were forced to march more than _______ miles to Indian Territory. Disease was _______ .
Historians estimate that more than _______ Cherokee died as a result of the journey, and these deaths do not even account for the other four tribes who were also forced to make the journey. Another notable tribe was the _______ Indians of Florida recruited runaway enslaved Blacks to fight alongside them and bravely waged three different wars until the U.S. government _______ the remaining members of their tribe to settle west in present-day Oklahoma.
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As used in line 8, "consent" most nearly means
Under "Show Your Work," share the specific context clue and/or synonym that you used to arrive at this answer.
As used in line 8, "consent" most nearly means
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As used in lines 9 and 11, "instrument" most nearly means
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As used in lines 9 and 11, "instrument" most nearly means
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It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that
It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that
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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
Under "Show Your Work," explain this evidence in your own words.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
Under "Show Your Work," explain this evidence in your own words.
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As used in line 2, "acquainted" most nearly means
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As used in line 2, "acquainted" most nearly means
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As used in line 10, "remedy" most nearly means
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As used in line 10, "remedy" most nearly means
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President Jackson uses the phrase "your condition" (lines 1, 5, and 16) in order to
President Jackson uses the phrase "your condition" (lines 1, 5, and 16) in order to
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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
Under "Show Your Work," explain this evidence in your own words.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
Under "Show Your Work," explain this evidence in your own words.
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Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:
Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: