SS8H4de Indian Removal from Georgia

What did Alexander McGillivray and William McIntosh have in common?

• They were both Creek chiefs who played major roles in the tribes relations with Georgia.

• They were both Cherokee chiefs who resisted white expansion.

• They both refused to give up Native American lands.

• They both were Georgia legislators who wanted to take Native American territory.

The Dahlonega Gold Rush, Worcester v. Georgia, and the Trail of Tears all are related to

• disputes over Georgia's boundaries.

• scandalous land deals.

• the plight of the Cherokee.

• issues involving slavery.

What was Sequoyah's major contribution to the Cherokee culture?

• He gained fame as a proud Cherokee hunter and trapper.

• He signed a treaty giving Cherokee lands to the United States.

• He signed a treaty moving the Cherokee to the Indian Territory.

• He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language.

Following the agreement that was reached in the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825, Chief William McIntosh lost his life. Why did this happen?

• He was betrayed by a rival American Indian who wanted the land he had received.

• Creek leaders executed McIntosh because he agreed to sell the Creek's remaining land to the United States without their consent.

• McIntosh died of Yellow Fever as a result of being forced to march on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma.

• The U.S. Government captured and executed him for violating the treaty just weeks after it was signed.

The Treaty of Indian Springs (1825) and the Treaty of New Echota (1835) were similar in that each

• was a direct cause of the Daholonega Gold Rush.

• was an attempt to ease conflict between slave-holders and non-slave-holders.

• resulted in the loss of American Indian land holdings in the Southeastern U.S.

• demonstrated the power of the Supreme Court in matters dealing with Indian removal.

Which is the BEST conclusion that can be drawn from the study of these topics?

• Dahlonega Gold Rush
• Indian Removal Act
• Treaty of New Echota

• The conflict between the Georgia settlers and the Cherokee Indians was resolved without any conflict.

• The conflict between the Georgia settlers and the Cherokee Indians was based on conflicting views over land ownership and rights.

• The conflict between the Georgia settlers and the Cherokee Indians was based on resentment over the violence of the Creek Wars.

• The conflict between the Georgia settlers and the Cherokee Indians was based on aggression and violence from the Cherokee toward the settlers.

Which Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to take tribal lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson?

• Fletcher v. Peck

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Worcester v. Georgia

John Marshall was a leader of which instrument of government?

• the Supreme Court

• the Senate

• the House of Representatives

• the Presidency

Who was the chief of the Cherokee who took a petition to Congress protesting the Cherokee removal from their land?

• Sequoyah

• John Ross

• Alexander McGillivray

• William McIntosh

These statements are describing events that resulted from the presidency of

• More than 45,000, American Indians begin to be relocated to the West
• About 100 million acres of Indian land was ceded to the U.S.
• The Treaty of New Echota was signed, giving up all Cherokee land in Georgia
• The beginning of the "Trail of Tears"

• John Marshall.

• Andrew Jackson.

• James Johnson.

• Abraham Lincoln.