This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Westward Expansion & Industrialization has 11 clues. Answers range from 8 to 21 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams
When gold is found in the Georgia mountains in 1829, a flood of people rush in with hopes of stiking it rich
Cherokee Chief that was not in favor of signing the Treaty of New Echota, and he took a petition to Congress with 15,000 signatures to protest the Indian removal
The land and water route used by the US government to forcefully remove thousands of Cherokee Indians from their homes between Georgia and Oklahoma. Along the way, over 4,000 Indians died.
Court case whereby the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee Nation because Georgia laws did not apply to the Cherokee to the Cherokee nation. However, Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the ruling.
Creek Chief who was killed and scalped by his own people for breaking the "blood law" which stated that anyone would die if he signed away land without permission from the entire tribe.
Act signed for the removal of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole to Indian territory
Creek Indians who were loyal to the United States
Creek Indians who disliked the white settlement of Indian lands.
treaty signed in 1825 by which the Lower Creek gave up the last Creek lands in Georgia to the federal government in return for $200,000
treaty between the US government and a minority representation of the Cherokee tribe that ceded all Cherokee land in the SE to the US government.