Additional Assignments

1. Geography and land played important roles in the debates about Indian removal in the 1820s and 1830s, but they did not always play the same roles in northern and southern contexts. Using the evidence provided here, along with your own research, write an essay that explores how both Indians and non-Indians in the lands north and south of the Ohio River debated this policy.

   You can read through the congressional debates online at the Library of Congress Web site, which has digitized copies of the Register of Debates. The debates occurred in the first session of the 21st Congress in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwrdlink.html#anchor21.

2. Consider how images and maps are used to tell the history of Indian removal. Search online for maps, paintings, and other images that appear when you type in the generic term “American Indian removal.” How have these images changed over time? Do the maps and images you find demonstrate the larger history of Indian removal, or do they reflect a narrower focus on the Cherokees and the Southeast? In addition, most federally recognized Indian tribes have Web sites. What images do they provide to tell their history of removal? Put together a series of at least ten maps and images that support, contradict, or simply complicate the information you have learned throughout this unit.