Native Mississippians Test

Boomers demanded the right to settle in ______.

• Oklahoma City

• the East

• Santa Fe

• unassigned lands

President ______ signed the law that opened Oklahoma to settlement.

• Grover Cleveland

• Martin Van Buren

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• James K. Polk

This tribe had the language of Siouan and had a city named after it.

• Choula

• Acolapissa

• Choctaw

• Biloxi

This tribe was the closest connected with the French and based in North Mississippi.

• Choctaw

• Tunica

• Chickasaw

• Pascagoula

The dominant language of Indians in the southwest is

• English

• Muskhogean

• Spanish

• French

In 1918, the Bureau of Indian Affairs created this tribe Indian Agency.

• Chickasaw

• Biloxi

• Natchez

• Choctaw

Indians were forced to leave their homeland and travel to Oklahoma. This journey was called

• Oregon Trail

• Chisolm Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Trail of Tears

Indians called stickball this name.

• Football

• The Little Brother of War

• Soccer

• Rugby

Sooners were people who ______.

• rode the Santa Fe Railroad every morning

• left before the land rush began

• staked claims before the land rush began

• lobbied in Washington, D.C.

These two tribes sent men into battle on the Confederate side during the Civil War.

• Choctaw and Chickasaw

• Natchez and Koroa

• Pascagoula and Biloxi

• Ofogoula and Grigra