Trail of Tears Quiz

The Indian Removal Act _____.

• created the Indian Territory

• paid settlers to occupy the Native American lands

• ended the Americans’ fight against the Seminole

• paid Native Americans to relocate

What was the case of Worcester v. Georgia about?

• a dispute between Georgia and the town of Worcester

• a dispute over federal government tariffs

• a Supreme Court decision about Native American rights

• a Supreme Court decision about the statehood of Georgia

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

• Mississippi

• Mexico

• present-day Oklahoma

• present-day Texas

President Andrew Jackson supported white settlers' demand for _____.

• creating successful farming communities

• allowing Native Americans to become 'civilized'

• moving American settlers to the Great Plains

• taking Native American lands for themselves

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

• Chickasaw

• Seminole

• Cherokee

• Creek

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

• Cherokee

• Choctaw

• Seminole

• Creek

When Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee, President Jackson _____.

• fired Marshall

• declared his support for the Cherokee

• ignored the Supreme Court ruling

• asked Congress to overturn Marshall's decision

The “Five Civilized Tribes” consisted of the _____.

• Cherokee, Creek, Osage, Seminole, and Kiowa

• Chickasaw, Choctaw, Comanche, Seminole, and Creek

• Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole

• Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Kiowa, and Cherokee

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

• the Chickasaw in Alabama

• the Seminole in Florida

• the Cherokee in Georgia

• the Creek in Mississippi

When the Cherokee protested their removal, _____.

• they decided to stay and fight

• the government gave them land in Florida

• President Jackson met with them to find a peaceful solution

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