Questions on the Trail of Tears

Here is a link to the We Shall Remain Documentary it may be helpful to watch a few scenes on your own.

Here are questions that need to be answered for H.W. tonight.

1. Who were the three leaders of the "Treaty Party"?

2. Why did the Cherokee believe that the Treaty of New Echota was not legal?

3. How many Cherokee died on the journey to Oklahoma?

4. Why did John Ridge want the Cherokee to agree to move to Oklahoma?

5. Chief Justice John Marshall's ruling sided with the Cherokee saying that the Cherokee were a sovereign nation and that the rules of Georgia did not apply to them. Then why did the Cherokee still have to leave their land?