Trail of Tears

President Jackson wanted all _________ to be pushed west of the Mississippi River. Violence between Indians and settlers often broke out.

• democrats

• Indians

• blacks

Indian Removal Act of 1830: Jackson asked Congress to pass a law to allow him to make special treaties with Indians willing to move west of the _________.

• Ohio River

• Mississippi River

• Grand Canyon

They asked the Federal Government to pay Indians for the land. However, some in Congress were _________ it.

• for

• against

The Indian Territory is mostly today the state of ___________.

• Ohio

• Texas

• California

• Oklahoma

Choctaws agreed to turn over _____ million acres in Mississippi to the state government and move to ________. (select all that apply)

• 13 million

• 10 million

• Oklahoma

• Florida

Many died in their journey to Oklahoma. They were growing tired of fighting ________.

• white men

• black men

• white women

• Indians

The Cherokees of Georgia took their case to the _________ and won.

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Congress

• state of Texas

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state of Georgia can not take their land off of them, as it was ____________. Jackson becamse upset at Chief Justice John Marshall's ruling.

• not for sale

• Unconstitutional

• free

In the winter of 1838, the long journey of the Cherokees from Georgia to the Indian Territory and many died was called

• On the Road Again

• The Long Journey

• The Trail of Tears

Despite causing much heartache for the Indian tribes, Jackson believed that the Indians settlement west of the Mississippi River would be ___________. Unfortunately, riverboats and other forms of transportation pushed land-hungry white settlers to the west.

• a bad idea

• in their best interest

• too long of a journey

• deadly