Alabama Studies Weekly Week 6

The first shots of the Creek War were fired at a place called Burnt Corn Creek.

• True

• False

The Treaty of Fort Jefferson was the name of the treaty Andrew Jackson had the tribal chiefs sign.

• True

• False

Southeastern Alabama is nicknamed the Bluegrass Region.

• True

• False

One of the reasons the War of 1812 began was because American settlers wanted to move to Canada, on land owned by the British.

• True

• False

How did Chief Tecumseh die?

• He died of tuberculosis.

• He was killed in battle.

• He drowned trying to escape the enemy.

Who are the Red Sticks?

• Creek Indians

• Choctaw Indians

• Shawnee Indians

Who won the first battle of the Creek War?

• American settlers

• British

• Natives

Who was the commander of Fort Mims when the Creeks attacked?

• Daniel Beasley

• Ferdinand Claiborne

• William Weatherford

What destroyed much of Alabama's cotton in 1915?

• boll weevils

• a hurricane

• crickets

Chief ____________________, also known as a mystic warrior, led the natives of Alabama to war against the United States that ruined the Creek Nation.

• Menawa

• Pushmataha

• Tecumseh