Indian Removal - OK History

Which President of the United States signed the Indian Removal Act, and supported western expansion?

• John Ross

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

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

• Georgia

• Indiana

• Oklahoma

The process by which a minority culture chooses to give up it’s own identity and replace it with the identity of a major culture is called

• Modernization

• Assimilation

• Extinction

Boarding schools purpose were designed to __________ Indian children’s lives.

• change the culture

• bring acculturation

• learn the white man's ways

• all of the above

Major ___ signed a treaty to give away Cherokee land even though he had no authority.

• Pain
• Ridge
• Ross
• McCalister

Supreme Court John ___ ruled in favor of the Cherokee.

• Ross
• Marshall
• Smith
• Rolfe

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

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

• Chickasaw
• Choctaw
• Creek
• Comanche

The removal of the Cherokees was carried out during ___ presidency.

• James Madison's
• James Monroe's
• Andrew Jackson's
• Martin Van Buren's

Approximately ___ Cherokees died along the Trail of Tears.

• 400
• 1,000
• 4,000
• 16,000