Trail of Tears

3. to force someone to do something they don’t want to do
6. adopting the customs of another people
8. how the Cherokee land was divided and sold to white settlers
13. Supporter of the Ridge family
14. one of the rivers that froze, stranding the Cherokee for weeks
16. law signed by President Jackson forcing the removal of the Southeast Indian tribes
17. leader of the Cherokee who signed the Treaty of New Echota
18. "Light a _______ under them and they will move" said Andrew Jackson
19. one who moves out of his or her home region
20. principal chief of the Cherokees

1. to take something or someone out of their place
2. law that John Ross signed that called for death to anyone signing away Cherokee land
4. 7th U.S. President
5. creator of the Cherokee written alphabet
7. religion many Cherokee converted to in order to assimilate
9. to keep something within boundaries, sometimes by force
10. Indian tribe that was the focus of "We Shall Remain"
11. __________ v. Georgia, the Supreme Court case that ruled in favor of the Cherokees
12. many of the Cherokees died of this during removal
15. large area of land where crops, usually tobacco or cotton, are grown