Age of Jackson

Jackson signed this bill that would force all Indians to Oklahoma

• Indian Rights Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Trail of Tears Act

• Westward Expansion Act

In 1824, Jackson ran for President. Jackson received the majority of the votes, but because neither candidate received 51% of the vote, Congress chose John Quincy Adams as the 6th President of the United States. Congress did not like Jackson. This is known as the ___.

• Unfair Politics

• The Corrupt Bargain

• Tyranical Rule

• The Communist Flip

Principal Chief of the Cherokee nation for 37 years.

• John Ross

• Andrew Jackson

• Tecumseh

• Sequoya

In 1838, President Martin Van Buren sent 7,000 troops to force 15,000 Native Americans to travel from Georgia to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. This march is known as the

• Natchez Trace

• Appalachian Trail

• Trail of Tears

• Western Trail

1791 treaty that said all Cherokee were to be protected by the United States. They were considered their own nation from this point on.

• Holston Treaty

• Treaty of Echota

• Treaty of Paris

• Cherokee Treaty

1829- 1837 Democrat from Tennessee became the 7th President of the United States

• Andrew Johnson

• Andrew Jackson

• William Blount

• John Sevier

Where were the 5 Civilized Tribes including the Cherokee forced to relocate?

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• Indiana

• Arizona

In the Treaty of New Echota, how much did the Cherokee sell their land for?

• 5 million dollars

• 22 million dollars

• 50 million dollars

• 55 million dollars

What did the Supreme Court rule when the Cherokee went to Court to petition to stay even after the Treaty of New Echota?

• The Cherokee could stay

• The Cherokee had to leave

• The Cherokee had no rights

• The Cherokee would become our enemy

Which Principal Chief protested the Treaty of Echota because the small group of Cherokee that signed it had no right to represent the entire Cherokee Nation?

• Little Carpenter

• John Ross

• Dragging Canoe

• Tecumseh