What does treaty ratification alone fail to prove about Indigenous removal?
Correct answer(s):
- Broad consent among the affected nation
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Indigenous Removal
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What is lost when forced Indigenous removal is described only as voluntary migration?
Correct answer(s):
- The role of coercive policy and military action
What happened to the Treaty of New Echota in 1836?
Correct answer(s):
- The U.S. Senate ratified it despite Cherokee opposition
Who helped organize later Cherokee removal detachments during 1838?
Correct answer(s):
- John Ross
When did the major forced Cherokee removal from southeastern homelands begin?
Correct answer(s):
- 1838
Into which year did the principal Cherokee Trail of Tears removals continue?
Correct answer(s):
- 1839
What is wrong with treating a minority faction’s treaty signature as unanimous Cherokee consent?
Correct answer(s):
- It confuses limited representation with broad agreement
In what year did Congress pass the Indian Removal Act?
Correct answer(s):
- 1830
Who signed the Treaty of New Echota in 1835?
Correct answer(s):
- A minority Cherokee faction