Trail of Tears Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Ross, The head chief of the Cherokees
  2. 5. of Tears, A thousand mile walk
  3. 6. Party, The group of people who signed the Treaty of New Echota willingly
  4. 7. Quincy Adams, The president preceding Andrew Jackson that set up the removal
  5. 8. The destination of the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears
  6. 13. the __________ were always somewhat afraid of the Indians
  7. 14. The Native Americans lived in the ________________ part of the United States
  8. 16. The place the Cherokees used to live
  9. 17. 7,000 United States army __________ were sent into Cherokee lands to remove the Cherokees after some of them refused to leave
  10. 18. The government forced the Cherokees of their __________
  11. 19. A name that whites called Native Americans
Down
  1. 1. The Cherokees suffered from _____________ on the Trail of Tears
  2. 2. Tribe that walked the Trail of Tears
  3. 3. The government sent _______________ into Cherokee lands to help civilize them.
  4. 9. Thousand Miles, The length of the trip to "Indian Lands"
  5. 10. The whites wanted the Cherokees to become _______________
  6. 11. of New Echota, The document that led to Indian removal
  7. 12. Boudinot, The member of the treaty party that became the editor of the first Native American newspaper in the United States
  8. 15. Act, The act that Andrew Jackson put in place to remove the Cherokees
  9. 20. Jackson, The president that put it all into action