Bellringer: D7 Share some interesting facts that you have learned after researching the 1828 Presidential Candidates:

U.S. History I Ch. 11.2A Conflicts Over Land In 1829, the sovereign nation of the Cherokee was invaded by white settlers looking for riches. What happened next was a travesty upon American History.

Forced Relocation of the Natives In the 1830s, the “Five Civilized Tribes”, aka the Cherokee, Creek/Muscagee, Seminole, Chickasaw and Choctaw lived throughout the SE part of the U.S., in what today is Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, etc. VID For decades however, the white settlers in America had forced the removal of Native American tribes from their homelands, with Jackson’s support, Congress passing the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to assist in this thievery. Meanwhile, gold was discovered in Georgia in 1829, and the state of Georgia began to pass laws to force the Cherokee to leave the state. The Cherokee refused, and even some whites refused, which led to an incredibly important case, Worcester v. Georgia in 1832. This case of course dealt with states’ rights and the federal gov. The real winner though was the Presidency.

The Trail of Tears Even after winning their court case, the public sentiment was too strong to stop the removal of the Native Americans. In 1835, the Federal Government pressured several Cherokees to sign the Treaty of New Echota giving up their land, even though the vast majority of the 17,000 Cherokee did not agree. They wrote a letter of protest regarding the coerced treaties to the government and the people of the U.S., but they were ignored. 1838: Gen. Winfield Scott is ordered by Pres. Jackson to take 7,000 federal troops and relocate the Cherokee. They knew that they could not survive if they fought back, so they marched. Name, Trail of Tears

HW: Finish up your Campaign Ads, and we will be presenting these to the class D8! Good luck! The best ones will win a prize… 

HW: Create a Campaign Ad! The 1828 campaign was so bad, that it was known as the Mudslinging Campaign of 1828. You’ll get together in pairs, and create two ads: One that is positive in nature about your chosen candidate, and another that negatively portrays the other opponent (aka mudslinging). You’ll be making short videos in order to do this. One free website that I recommend is www.biteable.com. See this example that I made: https://app.biteable.com/watch/example-video-1807783/

Bellringer: D8 Was the removal of the Five Civilized Tribes legal, in your opinion? Was it ethical? Explain why you think it was / wasn’t

U.S. History I Ch. 11.2B Conflicts Over Land Some tribes decided that enough was enough, and they fought to keep their lands. It didn’t end well.

Native American Resistance Not all tribes gave up and left. Black Hawk, a leader of the Sauk tribe, which were originally from Illinois, led a combined group of Sauk and Fox tribal warriors to take back their land that they felt they had been tricked out of by treaty with the U.S. Militiamen and federal troops fought them, in what became known as The Black Hawk War. The only group to successfully defend their land were the Seminole, who lived in Florida. They were also pressured into signing treaties, but many of them refused to leave. Osceola was one chief that refused to leave. They fought for years to keep their freedom, joining with escaped African slaves. Seminole Wars

End of the Removal By 1842, the U.S. government gave up the battle against the Seminole. Most Native Americans had been removed however. They had been forced to give up over 100 million acres of land, and received $68 million and 32 million acres in return in reservations, mostly in present day Oklahoma. Eventually, even these reservations would be taken away as well. The Five Civilized Tribes did the best they could, and relocated to their new home in Oklahoma. They made peace with the other natives already living there, and built homes, schools, farms, etc., but always remembering their past as well.