Indian Removal

Multiple Choice

In 1830, President ____________________ pushed the Indian Removal Act through Congress

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

• James Madison

Multiple Choice

Where was most of the area set aside for Native Americans in 1834 located today?

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• Dakota

• New Mexico

Multiple Choice

In which Supreme Court Case did John Marshall rule that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee?

• Jackson V. Georgia

• Marbury V Madison

• McColloch V Maryland

• Worcester V Georgia

Multiple Choice

The Indian Removal Act led to the event known in History as....

• The Trail of Tears

• The trail of Death

• The Crying Path

• The Journey of Loss

Multiple Choice

The consequences of the Indian Removal Act were

• 1/4 of the people that traveled the Trail of Tears died

• Native Americans were pushed onto land that was not suitable for their way of life

• the government established a pattern of treating Native Americans as being inferior

• all of these

Multiple Choice

Name of the Congressional legislation (law passes by Congress) that allowed Georgia to forcibly remove the Creek and Cherokee from the state?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Cherokee Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Native American Act

Multiple Choice

Who was the Cherokee chief who worked through the court systems and brought petitions before the U.S. Congress protesting the Indian Removal Act and the mistreatment of the Cherokee by the state of Georgia?

• John Ross

• John Marshall

• Samuel Worcester

• Sequoyah

Multiple Choice

U.S. President who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 ordering ALL Native Americans to be relocated west of the Mississippi River.

• George Washington

• Thomas Jeffersom

• James Madison

• Andrew Jackson

Multiple Choice

Chief Justice John Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee, however, Pres. Jackson refused to enforce the Court’s ruling.

• true

• false