Jackson's Policy Toward Native Americans Quiz

The region that was once known as the Cherokee Nation covers what is now parts of Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska. Before that, it covered what is now Georgia.

• True

• False

What Cherokee Native American is credited with perfecting a writing system that allowed his people to read and write in their own language?

• Osceola

• Sacagawea

• Sequoyah

• Cypress

What was Presiden Jackson's views towards the Native Americans?

• He felt, as president, it was his duty to protect them from westward expansion and gifted them the land in what is now Oklahoma.

• He befriended many Native American leaders and listened to their concerns.

• He viewed them as American citizens and granted them voting rights.

• He strongly disliked the Native Americans and refused to protect them and their land.

What were the 5 Native American Tribes: Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Seminole, known as?

• The Fantastic Five Tribes

• The Five Civilized Tribes

• The Five Powerful Tribes

• Jackson's Five

What was discovered in Georgia on Native American lands?

• Gold

• Silver

• Diamonds

• Sapphires

What was the Trail of Tears?

• The Trail of Tears is a long trail along the Mississippi River that is difficult to hike.

• The Trail of Tears is a lake in what is now Georgia that the Native Americans refused to give up to President Jackson.

• The Trail of Tears is a ceremony the Native Americans had when choosing to relocate their tribes.

• The Trail of Tears was the forced removal of the Cherokee people off of their land.

What act was passed in 1830?

• The Indian Protection Act

• The Indian Removal Act

• The Compromise of 1830

• The Compromise of 1850.

Which was NOT a Native American leader of resistance against the U.S.?

• Osceola

• Tsali

• Sequoyah

• Black Hawk

What is a social issue that you feel strongly about? Why do you feel this way? Do you think there is anything you can do to help?

Who voiced their opposition to the Indian Removal Act?

• The Quakers

• The Democratic-Republicans

• The Federalists

• The Anti-Federalists