Chapter 11 Section 2
by Aria Wells
1. General Winfield Scott
1.1. He forcefully removed the Cherokee from their homes and lead them west.
2. relocate
2.1. Settlers wanted Native Americans out of their land.
3. guerrilla tactics
3.1. Suprise attacks and then retreating back
4. Osceola
4.1. The leader of the Seminoles and led successful attacks on United States forts.
5. Indian territory
5.1. The congress created an area in present-day Oklahoma, for the Native Americans from the Southeast.
6. Indian Removal Act
6.1. The act allowed the federal government to pay the Native Americans to move west from their homes.
7. Trail of Tears
7.1. When the Cherokee was removed from their land and had to walk for more than 800 miles west, they cried the whole way there and lost many people.
8. Chief Justice John Marshall
8.1. He ruled with the Cherokees in Worcester vs. Georgia
9. Andrew Jackson
9.1. President Jackson; supported Georgia's efforts to move the Cherokees.
