Manifest Destiny, Jackson, Indian Removal

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Across
  1. 2. As a result of Manifest Destiny, the U.S. continued to expand westward towards the ______________ Ocean
  2. 5. White American settlers believed land could be owned by an _______________________
  3. 6. Supporters of Jackson formed the ______________________ political party
  4. 7. _________________ Americans were pushed off their land as a result of westward expansion
  5. 8. Jackson was known for having a hot ___________.
  6. 9. Jackson was a __________________ of both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
  7. 12. White settlers began to flock to Cherokee land in 1828 because of the discovery of this precious metal
  8. 15. Andrew Jackson grew up in ___________________ (referred to his family’s level of wealth, NOT a place)
  9. 16. This was the name given to President Jackson’s practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.
  10. 17. Chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1835
  11. 19. Andrew Jackson’s group of trusted friends and advisors were known as his “____________________ Cabinet”
  12. 20. Many U.S. settlers believed their own culture was _____________________ to Native American culture.
Down
  1. 1. The Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole were known as the “Five _____________________________ Tribes”
  2. 3. The chief of the Cherokee argued the Treaty of New-Echota was ______________ because it wasn’t signed by him or any official leader of the tribe
  3. 4. The belief that the U.S. was meant to expand across North America
  4. 8. The forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia became known by this name
  5. 10. Present-day state that was the ancestral home to the Cherokee tribe.
  6. 11. The law that gave the president the power to negotiate with southern Native tribes for their land was called the “Indian _________________ Act”
  7. 13. During the 1830’s, many southern tribes were pushed from their homelands east of the ________________ River.
  8. 14. Name of the treaty signed between the U.S. government and the Cherokee tribe, in which the Cherokee ceded their land to the U.S.
  9. 18. Native Americans believed in ____________________ land use