Conflicts over Land Quiz

The "Five Civilized Tribes" were

• Chickasaw, Choctaw, Comanche, Seminole, and Creek

• Cherokee, Creek, Osage, Seminole, and Kiowa

• Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Kiowa, and Cherokee

• Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole

Settlers wanted the Native Americans to relocate so that the settlers could take the land for themselves.

• True

• False

The Indian Removal Act ____.

• paid Native Americans to relocate

• created the Indian Territory

• paid settlers to occupy the Native American lands

• ended the Americans' fight against the Seminole

The ____ had a separate nation within the state of Georgia.

• Garcias

• Cherokee

• Seminole

• Choctaw

What was the case of Worcester v. Georgia about?

• a dispute between Georgia and the town of Worcester

• a Supreme Court decision about the statehood of Georgia

• a Supreme Court decision about Native American rights

• a dispute over federal government tariffs

President Jackson ignored Chief Justice John Marshall's decision about the Cherokee.

• True

• False

When the Cherokee protested their removal, ____.

• President Van Buren sent the army to force them to move

• they decided to stay and fight

• the government gave them land in the Florida territory

• President Jackson met with them to find a peaceful solution

The Trail of Tears went from Georgia and Florida to ____.

• California

• present-day Texas

• present-day Oklahoma

• present-day Arizona

The Seminole were the only Native Americans to successfully resist removal.

• False

• True

Which people provided a safe haven for African Americans who escaped from slavery?

• the Seminole in Florida

• the Chickasaw in Alabama

• the Cherokee in Georgia

• the Creek in Mississippi