Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move

• to Oklahoma
• to Florida
• to the Louisiana Purchase
• to Canada

This man was president from 1829-1837.

• Thomas Jefferson
• Andrew Jackson
• George Washington
• Henry Clay

_________  in 1830 authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi river to lands in the west.

• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Worcester v. Georgia
• Indian Removal Act
• None of the above

The Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole Indians were knows as the

• Five Tribes
• Original settlers
• Indian Removal
• Trail of Tears

Some Native Americans moved peacefully to the new land.

• True
• False

What resource did white Americans want to grow on this land?

• Tobacco

• Soybeans

• Cotton

• Corn

Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole & what other tribe were "grouped" together?

• Ho-Chunk
• Dakota
• Choctaw
• Potawatomi

These identified Tribes were known as:

• The Dakota Oyate
• The Iroquois Nation
• The Five Eastern Tribes
• The Five Civilized Tribes

What state vs. Cherokee was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case?

• Minnesota
• Oklahoma
• Alambama
• Georgia

1830 law that required the relocation of Cherokees to western territories

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