Indian Removal Act Quiz

While Andrew Jackson was president, many Native Americans were forced off their land by a law called the Indian Removal Act of 1830. When the Indians moved, it was called the

• Trail of Heartbreak
• Trail of Tears
• Road to Glory
• March to Freedom

1830 law that required the relocation of Cherokees to western territories

• Trail of Tears
• Indian Resettlement Law
• Worcester v. Georgia
• Indian Removal Act

large movement of Cherokees from their native lands, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Indians

• Great Migration
• Indian Removal Act
• Underground Railroad
• Trail of Tears

Supreme Court ruling that declared that only the federal government, and not the states, could enforce laws on the Indian Tribes

• Marbury v. Madison
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Scott v. Sandford
• Worcester v. Georgia

Andrew Jackson was popular because…

• He represented the rich and the powerful
• He represented the common man
• He represented factory owners
• He represented slave owners

Which is the most accurate description of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• High rates of the Tariff of 1828 were removed.
• The Embargo of 1807 was finally lifted.
• Native Americans were to be moved west of the Mississippi River.
• Fugitive slaves living in the North were to be shipped back to their owners in the South.

The Trail of Tears is associated with . . .

•  the relocation of the Cherokee tribe
• difficulties on the Oregon Trail
• deaths at Donner Pass
• the expatriation of pro-British Americans

Which of the following best describes the policies Andrew Jackson had towards Native Americans?

• He wanted them to relocate to the West so Americans could acquire their land
• He wanted them to enlist in the US military
• He wanted to see their cultures thrive in the Southeast US
• He encouraged them to relocate to the North near the US/Canada border