The+Indian+Removal+Act

**Objectives:**

 * explain how Jackson became president
 * identify the reasons and motives the US had for relocating Native Americans

Link to Online Textbook username: jmonroe313 password: president

**Do Now:**
Read the Inside Story on page 245.
 * Why do you think Andrew Jackson offered a open invitation to his inaugural reception?

**Lesson**:
__**1. Path to the Presidency**__ Using Microsoft Word, complete the three column notes chart below to mark up the text, type main ideas and details, and add CCQs. Save it to your Ch 7 page on your wikispace.



__**2. Spoils System cartoon**__ Type your answers to the questions about this political cartoon and save it to your Ch 7 page.

__**3. Indian Removal Act**__ We will watch a short video clip about the Indian Removal Act. Copy the questions below and answer them on your wiki.

1. What was the key to creating a self-reliant American people? 2. What is the Cherokee way of life? 3. What did the Cherokees decide to do in order to save their land? 4. What was the Trail of Tears like for the Indians?


 * Ethnic cleansing** is a policy designed to remove a religious or ethnic group from a certain geographic areas using violence, murder, and torture.

Next, analyze the map in the document below to answer the questions that follow.



**Summary**:
Explain in your own words why the US wanted to relocate Native Americans.

__**HONORS:**__ The Indian Removal Act - [|Indian Removal Act-primary source.doc]


 * Make a prediction**
 * What are the reasons and possible motives that the US had for relocating Native Americans?

Use the two-column APPARTS chart below to help you understand the background of the primary source document.

[|Two Column Notes apparts.doc]

In your groups, figure out the main idea of your assigned paragraph of the Indian Removal Act and write it using the chart below. We will share the main ideas of each paragraph with the whole class.

[|Indian Removal Act chart.doc]