Indian Removal & Trail of Tears

Law passed in 1830 that ordered all Indians to move west of the Mississippi.

• Land Lottery

• Indian Removal Act

• Trail of Tears

• Treaty of Georgia

7th president of the United States--signed the Indian Removal Act

• Andrew Jackson

• William Taft

• John Ross

• John Marshall

This tribe created their own language, government and vocabulary, trying to keep white settlers from trying to take their land.

• Choctaw

• Seminole

• Cherokee

• Creek

Which statement of the "5 civilized tribes" is most accurate?

• They banded together to violently oppose removal.

• They willingly went to the west.

• They resisted adopting the ways of Americans and their culture.

• They attempted to adopt some parts of American culture in hopes that they would be left alone on their lands.

Cherokee man who created a written language for the Cherokee tribe.

• Sandoval

• Sequoyah

• Sacagawea

• Sampsonite

Leader of the Cherokee who argued the case of Worcester v. Georgia to the Supreme Court.

• John Ross

• John Paul

• Tommy John

• John Marshall

What event increased Georgia's desire to move the Indians from the state

• Discovery of Gold

• Manifest Destiny

• Supreme Court Ruling

• Expansion of the railroad

Most conflicts between the white settlers and Indians were about

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• land

• money

• trade

• water rights

The land known as Indian Territory in the 1800's is now in the state of

• Oklahoma

• Oregon

• Missouri

• Georgia

Supreme court Justice who sided with the Cherokee Indians in the case Worcester v Georgia.

• John Marshall

• John Jones

• John Ross

• James Madison