Study Questions
1. Describe the early history and culture of the Cherokees. How did their past tie the tribe to the southern Appalachians?
2. Describe American Cherokee policies early in the nineteenth century. What were the major contradictions in American programs for the Cherokees?
3. Why did U.S. policy toward the Native Americans change from assimilation under the Treaty of Holston to forced removal under the Treaty of New Echota?
4. Why did so few Indians go to Cherokee West early in the nineteenth century? Do the Native Americans appear to have welcomed some aspects of white civilization?
5. Different white people and institutions influenced the Cherokees in different ways. Explain the role of these in Cherokee history: English traders, Return Jonathan Meigs, Christian missionaries, Andrew Jackson, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court, and Winfield Scott.
6. The Cherokees could not agree among themselves on the proper course for their tribe. Describe how each of these influenced tribal history: Sequoya, John Ross, Elias Boudinot, and Tsali.
7. In his first inaugural address Andrew Jackson argued against forced removal, and yet under his administration most Cherokees were given no choice except to migrate west. Describe his initial policy and explain why it changed.
8. Describe the similarities and differences between John Ross and Elias Boudinot. Why did Boudinot first oppose, then favor removal?
9. Some Americans argued in favor of the Cherokee removal, some against. What were the major arguments on each side?
1. Describe the early history and culture of the Cherokees. How did their past tie the tribe to the southern Appalachians?
2. Describe American Cherokee policies early in the nineteenth century. What were the major contradictions in American programs for the Cherokees?
3. Why did U.S. policy toward the Native Americans change from assimilation under the Treaty of Holston to forced removal under the Treaty of New Echota?
4. Why did so few Indians go to Cherokee West early in the nineteenth century? Do the Native Americans appear to have welcomed some aspects of white civilization?
5. Different white people and institutions influenced the Cherokees in different ways. Explain the role of these in Cherokee history: English traders, Return Jonathan Meigs, Christian missionaries, Andrew Jackson, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court, and Winfield Scott.
6. The Cherokees could not agree among themselves on the proper course for their tribe. Describe how each of these influenced tribal history: Sequoya, John Ross, Elias Boudinot, and Tsali.
7. In his first inaugural address Andrew Jackson argued against forced removal, and yet under his administration most Cherokees were given no choice except to migrate west. Describe his initial policy and explain why it changed.
8. Describe the similarities and differences between John Ross and Elias Boudinot. Why did Boudinot first oppose, then favor removal?
9. Some Americans argued in favor of the Cherokee removal, some against. What were the major arguments on each side?