Trail of Tears

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Across
  1. 5. law that John Ross signed that called for death to anyone signing away Cherokee land
  2. 7. one of the rivers that froze, stranding the Cherokee for weeks
  3. 11. leader of the Cherokee who signed the Treaty of New Echota
  4. 12. "Light a _______ under them and they will move" said Andrew Jackson
  5. 14. law signed by President Jackson forcing the removal of the Southeast Indian tribes
  6. 16. adopting the customs of another people
  7. 18. how the Cherokee land was divided and sold to white settlers
  8. 19. principal chief of the Cherokees
  9. 20. many of the Cherokees died of this during removal
Down
  1. 1. __________ v. Georgia, the Supreme Court case that ruled in favor of the Cherokees
  2. 2. to keep something within boundaries, sometimes by force
  3. 3. religion many Cherokee converted to in order to assimilate
  4. 4. Supporter of the Ridge family
  5. 6. 7th U.S. President
  6. 8. large area of land where crops, usually tobacco or cotton, are grown
  7. 9. one who moves out of his or her home region
  8. 10. creator of the Cherokee written alphabet
  9. 13. to force someone to do something they don’t want to do
  10. 15. Indian tribe that was the focus of "We Shall Remain"
  11. 17. to take something or someone out of their place