After Congress passed the (1) in 1830, Jackson
sent federal officials to negotiate treaties with the Native
Americans in the Southeast. In 1834 Congress created the
(2)
an area in present-day
Oklahoma. President Jackson supported Georgia's efforts
to remove the (3).
even
after (4)
ruled against
Georgia. Most of the (5)
Cherokee refused to
give up their land. In 1838 (6)
and an army of 7,000
federal troops went to Georgia to remove the Cherokee
from their homes and lead them west. Thousands of
Cherokee died on the forced journey west, which became
known as the (7)
Native American Resistance
In 1832 the Sauk chieftain (8)
led a force of Sauk and
Fox people back to (9
their homeland. Most
of the Sauk and Fox were killed by the state militia. The
(10)
of Florida were the only
Native Americans who successfully resisted their removal.
Chief (11)
and his people went to war against the United States rather than leave Florida.