Lesson 3: Conflict with American Indians

The conflicts between white settlers and American Indians had mainly to do with

• land

• culture

• mistrust

• various alliances

The Indian Removal Act involved American Indians giving up their land in exchange for

• new lands farther to the west.

• payments in money and goods.

• the choice of living peacefully with settlers or moving.

• a permanent peace treaty and their choice of other land.

The Proclamation Line of 1763 separated

• the area over which Tecumseh had power from the rest of the country.

• areas where white settlers felt safe and areas where they felt endangered.

• the area in which the British allowed white settlers to settle from that which they did not.

• the American Indians who sided with the British and those who sided with the Americans.

What was the main reason that the Trail of Tears was such a dreadful journey?

• It was a long march.

• The Cherokees did not want to go.

• The soldiers on the march were cruel.

• The forced march took place in the winter.

Andrew Jackson's reaction to the decision in Worcester v. Georgia indicates that Jackson defended federal power

• with all his might.

• when it suited him.

• whenever it was challenged.

• even when it was not challenged.