- creation new "Indian territory" in Oklahoma
- Worcester VS Georgia: US Supreme COurt upheld cherokee sovereignity in Georgia --> Andrew Jackson ignored the ruling
- between 70,000 and 100,000 Indians forcibly resettled by US army, others killed or died
- Choctaws (Mississipi) signed a removal treaty
- Treaty of New Echota= provided for removal of Cherokees to land west of the Mississippi
- CHICHASAWS Treaty, they moved West (in 1837-1838
- The Dawes Act: Land alloted to individual Indians for 25years + were granted citizenship
- Andrew Jackson was elected President and declares his support for removal
- Seminoles coerced into signing a treaty deemed illegitimate; so they refused to leave
- (1) Indians were neither citizen nor independent nation(2) Indian tribes: "domestic dependent nations" whose relation to the UW was like that of "a ward to his guardian"
- voluntary migration mostly for Creeks, Cherokee, Choctaws
- Greenville Treaty, removal first to Indiana, then to Mississipi
- first removal plans as settlers increasingly demanded land in the south and west
- If Indians refused to remove themselves, would be force to do so
- Oregon territory : treaty with Great Britain
- Hilary Clinton accused her republican rivals of singing the same old song. Which Beatles hit was she referring to ?
- Which state is called Lone Star State?
- How many time zones are in the US?
- When is the inauguration day for the new president ?
- Which political party has an elephant logo and called the Grand Old Party?