US History: Cherokee

In what year did the Native Americans first make contact with European explorers and settlers?

• 1200

• 1500

• 2001

• 1776

What was approved in the year 1787?

• Native American Council Meetings

• The Mayflower Compact

• The US Constitution

• The Indian Removal Act

The Cherokee solved political problems by

• holding council meetings

• voting booths

• fighting for power

• hugging it out

How did the Cherokee begin to change to become more like the white settlers?

• their clothing and education

• their government

• their roles for men and women

• all of these are correct

In the mission schools. Cherokee children were taught important American society skills. Which of these is NOT an example?

• reading, writing, arithmetic

• cooking, spinning, sewing

• agriculture and carpentry

• military tactics and weaponry

Most of the Cherokee people originally lived in the state of

• Florida

• Georgia

• North Carolina

• Oklahoma

What name did the Cherokee give their newspaper?

• The Phoenix

• The Times

• The Eagle

• The Canary

The Cherokee wanted to save their nation and territory. What crime was punishable by death?

• hunting on native land

• fishing without a license

• selling land to whites

• giving gold to the whites

Who was elected the 7th US president in 1828?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• Joe Biden

• John Ross

Samuel Worcester, a white missionary from Vermont, argued that Cherokee territory

• could be purchased by anyone who wanted it.

• belonged to the white settlers who found it

• was independent of Georgia and its laws.

• had no value to the white people.