The Indian Removal

In the 1800s, some politicians wanted American Indians to adopt white culture. This idea was called

• assimilation.

• settlement.

• removal.

• expansion.

Who was a proponent of the policy of assimilation in the early 1800s?

• Tecumseh

• President Jefferson

• Little Turtle

• President Jackson

Why did Georgia auction Cherokee land to settlers beginning in 1828?

• Georgia was worried about the Cherokee claim to be a separate nation.

• The Cherokee had begun to stage attacks on American settlers.

• The Cherokee helped free enslaved African American workers.

• Prospectors wanted the land because gold had been found there.

Many American Indians rejected the federal government’s policy of assimilation because they

• were not interested in following a nomadic way of life.

• hoped to live in one place and become farmers instead.

• preferred to adopt the lifestyle and culture of settlers.

• did not believe their cultures were inferior to white culture.

Which man was an American Indian leader who encouraged the Shawnee to practice assimilation?

• Black Hoof

• Tecumseh

• Little Turtle

• Black Hawk

Who supported the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830?

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Black Hoof

• Tecumseh

Which best describes President Andrew Jackson’s American Indian policy?

• President Jackson believed American Indians and settlers should be able to peacefully coexist.

• President Jackson believed American Indians had to give up their territory to white settlers.

• President Jackson believed expansion should be restricted to lands not used by American Indians.

• President Jackson believed white settlement should be restricted to lands west of the Mississippi River.

What was the result of the 1831 US Supreme Court case Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?

• The Supreme Court held that all Cherokee lands belonged to the United States.

• The Supreme Court held that the Cherokee Nation had rights to gold on their lands.

• The Supreme Court held that Georgia could not take away Cherokee lands.

• The Supreme Court held that the Cherokee could not sue as a foreign nation.

In the 1832 case Worcester v. Georgia, the US Supreme Court ruled that

• the Cherokee Nation should be removed to the West.

• the Cherokee Nation could refuse to sign treaties.

• individual states could impose laws on American Indians.

• American Indians could not live east of the Mississippi.

Which best describes the reaction of John Ross to the passage of the Indian Removal Act?

• Ross forced American Indians to sign treaties with the government.

• Ross resisted removal and started a war in the area north of Illinois.

• Ross enforced the federal government’s Indian removal policies.

• Ross went to court to stop the government and hold on to Cherokee lands.