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Which was not one of the three choices given to the Native American tribes when the U.S. government wanted to force them from the land in the SouthEast?

• They could live in peace and share their land with the U.S. people.

• They could fight for their land.

• They could assimilate and become like the white man.

• They could leave.

The Indian Removal Act was signed by which U.S. President?

• George Bush

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

• John Adams

The Indian Removal Act...

• Forced Native American tribes out of the U.S. and into Mexico or Canada.

• Gave cheap land to Native American Indian to encourage them to want to move to Kansas.

• Forced Native American tribes to moved to the land west of the Mississippi.

• Gave cheap land to U.S. citizen to encourage people to move to Kansas.

The Indian Removal Act was passed because...

• The U.S. didn't want the Native people to trade with anyone but them.

• The U.S. needed more access to the Mississippi.

• The U.S. wanted to make Kansas a farming state.

• The U.S. wanted more land in the South East for farming.

When tribes were forced to move from the South East to Kansas, learning to farm on the new land was easy.

• True, they already knew how to farm.

• False, the land was different, so they had to learn a new way to farm.

Native tribes in Kansas were given the rights of U.S. citizens.

• True

• False

What is a push factor?

• something that makes someone want to move out of a place

• something that makes someone want to move into a place

Which U.S. president signed the Homestead Act?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

• Bill Clinton

Under the Homestead Act, for a $10 fee, someone could...

• not pay their taxes

• watch as many movies as they want

• live and cultivate (farm) on land that was given to them by the government

• sell their farm land to someone else

Under the Homestead Act, after 5 years, if you could prove you improved the land, then...

• you could own the land

• you had to give the land back to the government

• you could then build a house on it

• you would get you $10 fee back