Trail of Tears Quiz

The Indian Removal Act resulted in -

• Native Americans surrendering half of their land to the federal government

• The Creek being forced to move north of the Mason-Dixon Line

• Irish immigrants obtaining old Native American lands

• The Cherokee being relocated west of the Mississippi River

Southern farmers supported the Indian Removal Act because-

• They desired for everyone in their state to speak English

• They yearned to own the land the Native Americans live on

• They grew tired of the vicious raids carried out by the natives

• They desired to show their superiority over the Native Americans

The Trail of Tears refers to -

• Sadness the Cherokee felt for having to leave the land of their ancestors

• Andrew Jackson’s regret of forcing the Cherokee off of their land

• John Marshall’s sentiments towards the innocent Cherokee

• The Cherokee march to Indian Territory in which thousands of Cherokee died

In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, John Marshall ruled -

• Indian tribes were subject to federal laws not state laws

• Native Americans were allied of the United States

• The president could not force Natives off of their lands

• Land previously taken from the Cherokee would be returned

How did most of the Cherokee get to Oklahoma?

• They walked.

• They took a bus.

• They rode horses.

Why did the South dislike the Tariff of 1828?

• It affected the prices Southerners had to pay goods

• It affected the price of slaves

• It abolished the slave trade

• The size of farms was limited to 300 acres

The Nullification Act is significant to the debate between power of the federal and state governments because -

• It stated that no law passed by the Federal government would be observed by southern states

• South Carolina stated it was ignoring the federal tariff because it was damaging to the state’s economy

• No state would be able to create ordinances without approval first from the federal government

• Each state would now be able to nullify any laws it deemed unnecessary