Indian Removal

Which present-day state were most of the Native Americans relocated to during the 1830s?

• Georgia
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• Mississippi

Native American tribe in NW Georgia; were forcefully removed during the Trail of Tears

• Seminole
• Creek
• Cherokee
• Choctaw

Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Cherokee in Worcester vs. Georgia

• John Ross
• Andrew Jackson
• John Marshall
• John Cena

President of the United States; signed the Indian Removal Act; supported westward expansion

• John Ross
• Abraham Baldwin
• Andrew Jackson 
• Abraham Lincoln

The Supreme Court ruled that ___ was not able to take the Cherokee land because the Cherokee were a sovereign nation.

• Tennessee
• Florida
• Georgia
• Ohio

Andrew Jackson decided to not enforce the Supreme Court decision. and used the Indian ___ Act of 1830 to force Native Americans west.

• Land
• Outlaw
• Removal
• Escape

Native Americans did not go West ___, but were forced.

• immediately
• for money
• unanimously
• voluntarily

Which of the following was NOT a tribe living east of the Mississippi River.

• Chickasaw
• Choctaw
• Creek
• Comanche

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 removed:

• the Cherokee
• the Creek
• All Natives East of the Mississippi
• All Natives West of the Mississippi

The Cherokee people were forced _______ of the Mississippi River

• North 
• South
• East 
• West