The Trail of Tears Westward Expansion Articles

Many Native American tribes still lived in the states, including the Cherokee, the ​ (a)   the Chickasaw, the ​ (b)   and the ​ (c)  

• Choctaw,
• Muscogee-Creek,
• Seminole.
• Chikasha
• Dakota
• Hopi

Why did President Andrew Jackson propose the Indian Removal Act?

• Jackson felt that these tribes were acting as foreign nations within the states.

• Jackson felt that they were gaining too much power.

• Jackson felt that it was time to get them off America land.

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​ (a)   was responsible of the Indian Removal Act?

• Andrew Jackson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Abraham Lincoln
• Sam Houston
• Thomas Jefferson
• James MAdison
• James Madison

How did the government force the tribes off their lands?

• They were forced to sign peace treaties after mounting pressures from the government and soldiers.

• They were forces to sign peace treaties because they were going to get money.

• They were forced to sign peace treaties because they didn't want their land anymore.

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The forts were ​ (a)   places to live, much like a ​ (b)   camp.

• terrible
• prison
• great
• amazing
• paradise
• summer

In the forts there was ​ (a)   their ​ (b)   were often stolen, and the forts were ​ (c)  

• little food,
• personal Items
• very dirty.
• a lot of food
• tribe artifacts
• very clean

The march to Oklahoma was ​almost (a)   miles long.

• 1,000
• 100
• 10,000
• 10

(a)   , medicine, and water were scarce.

Why was traveling north not a very good idea?

• It was not a good choice because of the rain and all the wagons many groups got stuck on the roads.

• It was not a good choice because of the heat.

• It was a good choice because of the amount of food available.

• It was a good choice because of the shelter that they had along the way.

More than (a)   Cherokees died on the march.