Week 4 Written Response
Part 1: After watching the Video (The Trail of Tears They Knew it Was Wrong) answer the following questions:
What was the justification used by the government to move Native Americans off their land?
What were the ways that the tribes affected attempted to fight removal?
How did individuals at the time respond to the movement of Native Americans off their land?
Part 2: Routes taken
Examine the map of routes taken by Native tribes https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/may28/indian-removal-act/
Which tribe appears to have had the least difficult route to the Indian Reservations?
Based on your examination of the map, why did some Cherokee first travel north before heading west to the Indian Reservations?
Discovery: Click here or type https://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/usa-state-and-capital-map.html in your browser to locate a U.S. map that shows major cities
Compare this map with the Native American Removal interactive map from this assignment.
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/may28/indian-removal-act/
Which major U.S. cities are located within the areas that are described as “Ceded Lands”?
Is there a relationship between the ceded areas and major cities? If not, why might these areas have been determined to be desirable?
What problems can you think of that might have arisen due to the manner in which the Indian Reservation land was set up?
Part 3:
Answer the following questions: All answers must demonstrate a thorough understanding of the assigned reading chapters.
What is the relationship between the production of cash crops and the designation of certain tribes as “civilized?”
What tools did the Cherokee use to combat the State of Georgia’s attempts to rule over them and push them off their land?
What was the result of the Cherokee’s efforts? Use the information from the NBC Learn video, “The Cherokee Nation v. Georgia,” found in the module as well as the textbook reading assignment to answer this question.
What was the functional relationship between Seminoles and Black Seminoles? Provide a detailed explanation of how this relationship can be described as symbiotic?