Trail of Tears

Which Native American tribe in NW Georgia was forcefully removed during the Trail of Tears

• Seminole

• Creek

• Cherokee

• Choctaw

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

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

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

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

Why was it called the "Trail of Tears?"

• Harsh conditions
• There were many deaths
• People cried over the loss of their "homeland"
• All of the above

Why did the white settlers and the American Indians begin having conflicts?

• White settlers felt they had the right to settle on American Indian land

• American Indians built fences to keep the settlers' cattle out

• White settlers wanted to share land but Andrew Jackson said no

• Oil was discovered on American Indian land

Approximately ______-_______ Cherokee were forced from their homes.

• 16-20

• 160-200

• 1,600-1,800

• 16,000-18,000

The Cherokee's new home was in the state of ______________.

• Kansas

• Oklahoma

• Colorado

• Texas