GUIDED READING Oklahoma: Our History Our Home Chapter 5: A Clash of Cultures Section 2 Trails of Tears Directions: Use the information from pages 126 - 139 to complete the following. 1. Government policies toward the first Americans had conflicted since President Jefferson's term. 2. One policy favored assimilation (the process of one group becoming part of another) with Euro-Americans, while the other called for relocation. 3. In 1817, President James monroe declared that the nation's Security depended on quick settlement along the southern coast, which meant moving the Indians westward 4. Andrew Jackson's skills as a _soldier and frontierman went beyond the War of 1812. 5. By 1824, Jackson had negotiated nine Teatries that added large parcels of - and to the southeastern states. 6. Like Monroe, Jackson believed that a speedy removal of Indians from the southeastern states was best for both the Indians and the white settlers. 7. During his two terms as from 1829 to 1837, he did just that. 8. In 1834," " was defined as that part of the western United States that was not part of any or 9. The five major tribes in the southeastern United States were the , and 10. The U.S. government's plan of " " Indians so they woul (be similar) to the ways of the white settlers had be underway for several years