Quiz 5-16-2022 to 5-20-2022

The Cherokee took the state of ____________ to the Supreme Court.

• Alabama
• Georgia
• Florida
• Lousiana

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move

• to Oklahoma.

• to Florida.

• to the Louisiana Purchase.

• to Canada.

This man was president from 1829-1837.

• Thomas Jefferson
• Andrew Jackson
• George Washington
• Henry Clay

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

• The Bureau of Indian Affairs

• The Supreme Court

• The 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?

• Second Seminole War
• Trail of Tears
• Blackhawk
• Cherokee resistance

About __________________ Cherokee died on the Trail of Tears.

• 400
• 1500
• 4000
• 15000

The Indian Territory, to which the Cherokee were removed during the Trail of Tears, is the modern-day state of...

• California.

• Oklahoma.

• Missouri.

• New Mexico.

Name of the Congressional legislation (law passes by Congress) that allowed Georgia to forcibly remove the Creek and Cherokee from the state?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Cherokee Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Native American Act

"John Marshall has made his decision, let him enforce it!” By making this statement, Pres. Jackson was neglecting his constitutional duty of enforcing and supporting the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.

• true
• false

Although the Cherokee did their best to assimilate/adopt white culture, it did NOT keep them from eventually being removed from Georgia?

• true
• false