The Cherokee Experience: The Trail of Tears

1. Which states did the Cherokee reside in?

• Georgia, Florida, Texas, Idaho, South Carolina

• Georgia, North Carolina,South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee

• Georgia, California, New York, Washinton State

• Georgia, New Hampshire, Virginia, Alabama

1. What does Cherokee mean in the Muskogee language that it came from?

• It comes from a Yemessee word meaning

  'the brave one'.

• It comes from a Blackfoot word meaning 'hunters of buffalo'.

• It comes from an Aztec symbol meaning 'children of the sky'.

• It comes from a Muskogee word meaning 'speakers of another language.'

Where were most Cherokee forced to move to during the Trail of Tears? Some Cherokee people managed to do what?

• Most Cherokees were forced to move to West Virginia along the Trail of Tears. Some Cherokees escaped the Trail of Tears by hiding in the Low Country.

• Most Cherokees were forced to move to New York.Some Cherokees escaped the Trail of Tears by hiding with sympathetic white neighbors.

• Most Cherokees were forced to move to North Dakota. Some Cherokees escaped the Trail of Tears by hiding in the marshes.

• Most Cherokees were forced to move to Oklahoma during The Trail of Tears. Some Cherokees escaped the Trail of Tears by hiding in the Appalachian hills or taking shelter with sympathetic white neighbors.

What was 'The Trail of Tears'?

• Trail of Tears was the Cherokee name for their voluntary mass exodus of their land.

• Trail of Tears was the Cherokee name for what the Americans called Indian Removal.

• Trail of Tears was the Cherokee name for their experience during hunting when there was a food shortage.

• Trail of Tears was the name for what the French called British removal.

Some tribes willingly agreed to be relocated to "Indian territory".

• True

• False

Why did President Andrew Jackson go against the Supreme Court Ruling for the Cherokee people?

• He believed it better to give them the best farming land.

• President Andrew Jackson believed that they would have more room to expand West from there, He believed that they would have an opportunity to share their cultures if all of the Native Americans were grouped together.

• He believed it better to separate the Indians from the whites as they were uncivilized. The whites would be able to strenghten the Soutwest frontier. It would put an end to possible "collision" betweeen the US and Native Americans.

How are the Cherokee Indians oganized nowadays?

• There are three Federally recognized tribes: The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, The United Keetowah Band in Oklahoma, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.

• There is one Federally recognized tribe.\: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.

• They are not recognized by the Federal Government.

• The Cherokees have all moved to Florida and have set up there.