Trail of Tears

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move

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

_________  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 United States government decided to move the Native Americans from their land to the

• North
• South
• East
• West

The land west of the ______________ was thought to be worthless.

• Mississippi River
• Appalachian Mountains
• Central Plains
• Rocky Mountains

Many Native Americans died on the way

• True
• False

Who was the president that ordered the Indian removal act?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• James Madison

• George Washington

What did NOT cause death on the Trail of Tears?

• Weather exposure

• Starvation

• Disease

• Friendly Americans

Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn ?

• Native Americans

• U.S. Army