Western Expansion II

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

• Cherokee
• Iroquois
• Souix
• Red Hawks

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ruled in favor of the Cherokee Nation was

• John Adams
• John Jay
• John Bon Jovi
• John Marshall

The Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. should protect the Cherokee and their lands in 

• Kentucky
• Tennessee
• Georgia
• Kansas

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move

• to Oklahoma
• to Florida
• to the Louisiana Purchase
• to Canada

Why was the Mississippi River important to Americans?

• Travel and trade with other places.

• It didn't have a role in American history at all.

• It was kind of important but people did not use it.

• Only the French used it.

How did Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce resist the forced remove?

• They moved to Canada but were caught.

• They took a boat to England

• They went to France

• They stayed where they were

What did the American Government not like Ghost Dances beliefs?

• Because they didn't know the moves

• Because they were scared of ghosts

• Because they thought Native Americans would rebel and give them hope.

• Because they wanted to be leaders.

Chief Joseph was the leader of this tribe?

• Iriquois

• Nez Perce

• Cherokee

• Pueblo

The term used to describe the movement west was?

• Westward Expansion

• The Movement

• Manifest Destiny

• Expansion

The Homestead Act gave people how much land if they lived there for 5 years?

• 10 acres

• 100 acres

• 160 acres

• 200 acres