The Cherokee Trail Of Tears Flashcards
What was the Indian Settlement of 1830?
The Indian Settlement Act was to make Indians move west.
What Indian tribe refused to obey the Indian Settlement Act of 1830?
The inseams that refused to move were the Cherokee Indians.
What did the government offer to give the Cherokee Indians to move west?
To government offered the Indians 5.7 million dollars to move.
Why did people want to own Cherokee land?
They wanted to own it because they discovered gold on their land.
What did the government eventually force the Cherokees to do?
The Cherokee Indians were forced to go to Oklahoma.
Forcing the Cherokee Indians to go to Oklahoma, what was this event called?
The trail of tears.
How many Cherokee Indians died on the Trail of Tears?
Approximately 4,000 Cherokee Indians died.
