Week 18 - The American-Indian Wars

The American-Indian Wars took place between Indians and American settlers, mainly over

• personal slights

• gold

• land

• food supplies

Why do you think some Native American tribes sided with the British during the American Revolutionary War, while other Native Americans supported the American rebels?

Many tribes such as the Iroquois, Shawnee, Cherokee and Creek fought with ___ during the American Revolutionary war.

• the British

• the Americans

After the American Revolutionary War, some Americans retaliated against those Indian tribes that had supported the British.

• True

• False

Why did the cease-fire between Indians and Americans fail at Tippecanoe?

• An Indian named “The Prophet,” ignored the cease-fire and attacked the Americans.

• William Henry Harrison tricked the Indians into the fake cease-fire to gain the advantage.

Indian leader, Tecumseh, of the Shawnee tribe, chose to support the British during the War of 1812 and attacked American forces out west.

• True

• False

At the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in Alabama on March 27, American militia fought alongside Lower Creeks to defeat Upper Creeks.

• True

• False

The United States fought __ wars against the Seminoles in Florida.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

The Indian reservations were in modern-day _____.

• Kansas

• Nebraska

• Alabama

• Oklahoma

In 1830, President _____ signed the Indian Removal Act, allowing the U.S. government to relocate Indians from their land east of the Mississippi River.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Monroe

• Andrew Jackson