WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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They fought wars against the U.S. army
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They took their case to the Supreme Court
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They adopted American customs
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They made treaties with the U.S. government
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cherokee used legal means in their attempt to safeguard their rights. They sought protection from land-hungry white settlers, who continually harassed them by stealing their livestock, burning their towns, and sqatting on their land.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Cherokee Nation, led by Principal Chief John Ross, resisted the Indian Removal Act, even in the face of assaults on its sovereign rights by the state of Georgia and violence against Cherokee people.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Supreme Court modernized tribal sovereignty by holding that state courts do not possess jurisdiction to hear claims brought arising on Indian lands against Indian defendants without congressional authorization.
Detailed explanation-4: -The tribe argued that the treaties provided for sovereignty and federal protection, and therefore the Cherokee Nation lands should be outside the state’s jurisdiction.
Detailed explanation-5: -How did the Cherokee fight the takeover of their lands in Georgia? The Cherokees went and appealed their case to the Supreme Court. What did the Supreme Court rule on the Cherokee case? The Supreme Court ruled that Georgia’s laws did not apply to the Native Americans.