WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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The Cherokee War
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Lawsuits
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Boycotts
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The Battle of Little Big Horn
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to federal laws and treaties, the Cherokee nation did not have to abide by Georgia law. They took their case to the supreme court with the hope that President Jackson would grant an injunction and prevent Georgia from violating federal law. Jackson did not.
Detailed explanation-2: -Revolutionary War phase: Cherokee War of 1776. During the Revolutionary War, the Cherokee not only fought against the settlers in the Overmountain region, and later in the Cumberland Basin, defending against territorial settlements, they also fought as allies of Great Britain against American patriots.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the “Trail of Tears, ” because of its devastating effects.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service)