Andrew Jackson, The Indian Removal Act, and the Trail of Tears

Who was the seventh president of the United States from 1829-1837?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

What was one of Andrew Jackson's main ambitions as president?

• Industrialization

• Economic isolationism

• United States expansion westward

• International diplomacy

What was the idea that it was the destiny of the United States to expand westward called?

• Frontier Destiny

• Expansionist Vision

• Westward Manifestation

• Manifest Destiny

In what year did Andrew Jackson sign the Indian Removal Act?

• 1850

• 1840

• 1830

• 1820

What was the policy of Indian removal enforced after Andrew Jackson's presidency?

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Relocation

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Expansion

What did Andrew Jackson refer to Native Americans as?

• Explorers

• Civilized people

• Savages

• Pioneers

What was the result of the policy to 'civilize' or 'Europeanize' the Native Americans?

• Native Americans were given more rights

• Tensions between tribes and settlers were resolved

• Native Americans adopted European customs

• Native Americans were forced to leave their land

What discovery served as an additional impetus for advocates of removal in the 1830s to push the Cherokee from their lands?

• Oil

• Silver

• Gold

• Diamonds

What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 allow the president to do?

• Force Native Americans to leave their land without any compensation

• Exchange lands east of the Mississippi for those on which Native Americans currently resided

• Ignore the rights of Native Americans

• Grant Native Americans more land in the East

Who were the supporters of the Indian Removal Act?

• Native American tribes

• Supreme Court justices

• States in the Southeast

• Whigs and Abolitionists