Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move

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

This man was president from 1829-1837.

• Thomas Jefferson
• Andrew Jackson
• George Washington
• Henry Clay

_________  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

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Some Native Americans moved peacefully to the new land.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What resource did white Americans want to grow on this land?

• Tobacco

• Soybeans

• Cotton

• Corn

The Creek, Choctaw, Cherokee, Chicasaw, and Seminole Tribes were known as:

• The Dakota Oyate

• The Iroquois Nation

• The Five Eastern Tribes

• The Five Civilized Tribes

What state vs. Cherokee was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case?

• Minnesota
• Oklahoma
• Alambama
• Georgia

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

1830 law that required the relocation of Cherokees to western territories

• Trail of Tears
• Indian Resettlement Law
• Worcester v. Georgia
• Indian Removal Act

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why was it called the "Trail of Tears?"

• Harsh conditions
• There were many deaths
• People cried over the loss of their "homeland"
• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Many Native Americans died on the way

• True
• False