Part 1: After watching the Video (The Trail of Tears They Knew it Was Wrong) answer the following questions:
What was the justification used by the government to move Native Americans off their land?
What were the ways that the tribes affected attempted to fight removal?
How did individuals at the time respond to the movement of Native Americans off their land?
Part 2: Routes taken
Examine the map of routes taken by Native tribes https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/may28/indian-removal-act/
Which tribe appears to have had the least difficult route to the Indian Reservations?
Based on your examination of the map, why did some Cherokee first travel north before heading west to the Indian Reservations?
Discovery: Click here or type https://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/usa-state-and-capital-map.html in your browser to locate a U.S. map that shows major cities
Compare this map with the Native American Removal interactive map from this assignment.