IMPACT OF WESTWARD EXPANSION

 President Jackson sent soldiers to remove the ____ to the Indian Territory.

• Cherokee

• Iroquois

• Red Hawks

• Souix

These Indians had their own government with a Constitution and elected leaders.

• Souix

• Cherokee

• Chickasaw

• Red Hawks

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move

• to Oklahoma

• to the Louisiana Purchase

• to Florida

• To Cananda

This man was president from 1829-1837.

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Eddison

_________  in 1830 authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi river to lands in the west.

• Bureau of Indian Affairs

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Indian Removal Act

• None of the above

Which of the following was the Cherokee’s 800 mile march to the indian territory where ¼ of the Cherokee tribe died on the march to the land?

• trail of tears

• Second Seminole War

• Cherokee resistance

• Blackhawk

The United States government decided to move the Native Americans from their land to the

• north

• east

• south

• west

 The land west of the ______________ was thought to be worthless.

• Mississippi River

• Central Plains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

About __________________ Cherokee died on the Trail of Tears.

• 400

• 4000

• 5000

• 40

Who was the president of the United States during the time of the Indian Removal Act?

• George Washington

• James Monroe

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson