Social Studies Week 6

Where were the first shots of the Creek War fired?

• Burnt Corn Creek

• Tuscaloosa

• Warrior River

• Big Black River

What insect can bundle together in a floating ball, swim over and sting any warm body they find?

• wasps

• yellow jackets

• fire ants

• army ants

What soldiers helped Andrew Jackson and the colonists win the Creek War?

• Texas soldiers

• Georgia soldiers

• Red Stick soldiers

• Tennessee soldiers

What is the name of the treaty that Andrew Jackson had the tribal chiefs sign?

• Treaty of Fort Tuscaloosa

• Treaty of Fort Jefferson

• Treaty of Fort Mobile

• Treaty of Fort Jackson

What Choctaw chief thought that war with the settlers would ruin the Choctaw tribe?

• Pushmataha

• Tuscaloosa

• Tecumseh

• Red Stick

What is the nickname for Southeastern Alabama?

• Shortgrass Region

• Wiregrass Region

• Tallgrass Region

• No grass Region

Why did the War of 1812 begin?

• American settlers wanted to move to California.

• American settlers wanted to move to Texas.

• American settlers wanted to move to Canada on land owned by the British.

• American settlers wanted to move back to Britain.

In 1915, much of Alabama's cotton was destroyed by _______.

• a hurricane

• a drought

• boll weevils

• crickets

Who led the natives of Alabama in a war against the United States that ruined the Creek nation?

• Tecumseh

• Tuscaloosa

• Pushmataha

• Chief Run Away

How did Chief Tecumseh die?

• He was killed in battle while leading his forces north to Canada.

• He was drowned in the Mississippi River.

• He was poisoned by his wife.

• He died of a heat stroke.