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Chapter 6

A Clash of Cultures

TermDefinition
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 a territory had to have 60,000 residents before it could seek statehood.
impressment British practice of forcing U.S. sailors to serve in the British navy
Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibited slavery north of Missouri's southern border at 36 degrees 30' latitude. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state.
Dred Scott decision of 1857 the Supreme Court ruled that Congress has no power to bar slavery in any of the new territories.
Wichita Indians relocated to the Red River to escape their enemy the Osage
migrated moved from one place to another
Osage tribe between the Missouri River and the Arkansas River which included northeastern Oklahoma
Salina oldest permanent white settlement in Oklahoma was established by Joseph Revoir and the Chouteaus
Quapaw Indians in eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas
ceded turned over
Fort Gibson established in 1832 to protect both the Indian and white people
Fort Towson border between the United States and Mexico that served to protect the relocated Choctaw.
Cherokee Outlet land strip in northwestern Oklahoma that was ceded to the United States by the Osage in 1825
subsistence minimum resources as in food and shelter needed to support life
assimilation the process of one group becoming part of another
Andrew Jackson elected president in 1828; had urgency to relocate Indians out of the way of the white settlers.
5 Civilized Tribes Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole
syllabary Sequoyah invented this alphabet for the Cherokee people
Indian Removal Act In 1830 Congress passed this bill to have Indian tribes exchange land they were living on for land west of the Mississippi River.
Treaty of Doak's Stand Choctaw tribe encouraged to relocate to Indian Territory
Treaty of Indian Springs All Lower Creek lands in Georgia-Alabama given up in this treaty.
allotment a specified portion of land
Treaty of Pontotoc Creek Chickasaw Indians agreed to sell their lands east of the Mississippi River.
Worcester vs. Georgia The United States Supreme Court ruled that Georgia did not have the authority to claim all Indian land within its borders and to not recognize the sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation.
lottery a contest whose winners are chosen by drawing
Treaty of New Echota John Ridge, Elias Boudinot and Stand Watie of the Cherokee tribe viewed removal as the best way for the Cherokee people to survive and signed the treaty.
stockades enclosures made of posts and stakes
Osceola leader of the Seminole Indians who resisted leaving Florida and fought the United States troops.
Stokes Commission commission to help Indians adjust to their removal to Indian Territory and to work out problems.
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