Studies Weekly 16 & Vocabulary

What is "an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation"?

• Treaty

• Trail of Tears

• Sequoyah

• Truce

• Nullified

What is "a temporary stopping of fighting (as in war)"?

• Treaty

• Trail of Tears

• Sequoyah

• Truce

• Nullified

Who was "an important member of the Cherokee group of Native Americans; invented a system of writing so his people could read and write in their own language"?

• Treaty

• Trail of Tears

• Sequoyah

• Truce

• Nullified

What word means "cancelled"?

• Treaty

• Trail of Tears

• Sequoyah

• Truce

• Nullified

What is "when the United States government forced Native Americans to move from their homelands in the Southern United States to Indian Territory in Oklahoma"?

• Treaty

• Trail of Tears

• Sequoyah

• Truce

• Nullified

Who was the president of the United States during this time?

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• None of the above

What became a new territory to the United States in 1821 after an agreement with Spain?

• Florida

• Canada

• California

• North Carolina

The Indian Removal Act caused Native Americans (Indians) to move to what state?

• Kansas

• Oklahoma

• Nevada

• California

Why did the US government want to remove Indians from the land?

• They found silver

• They found gold in Georgia

• They didn't like Indians

• They wanted to take the forests

What language were the newspapers published in?

• American and Canadian

• English and French

• English and Cherokee

• English Only