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The Indian Removal Act of 1830
On the map provided, label the following bodies ofwater, areas of original American
Indian settlements, and territories. After completing the map, use it to answer the
following questions.
Bodies of Water
1. Gulf of Mexico
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Mississippi River
4. Lake Michigan
5. Lake Erie
6. Missouri River
7. Ohio River
American Indian Settlements
1. Cherokee
2. Chickasaw
3. Creek
4. Choctaw
5. Potawatomi
6. Miami
7. Shawnee and Seneca
8. Seminole
Territories
1. Unorganized Territory
2. Indian Territory
3. Arkansas Territory
(state, 1836)
4. Florida Territory
1. The routes of what two American Indian groups crossed over part of the Gulf of
Mexico?
2. "Down the Ohio, up the Mississippi, and westward on the Missouri River" describes
the principal route of which group?
3. In what present-day states was the Cherokee Nation once found?
4. How many principal routes did the Cherokee take to Indian Territory?
Through which states and territory did the routes take the Cherokee?
5. How did the destination of the Potawatomi, Miami, Shawnee, and Seneca differ from
that of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole?
6. About how many miles long was the route traveled by the Seminoles?
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~:- Native A~el'ican Movement, 1830-1842
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