Trail of Tears:

What was the last name of the president of the United States during the time of the Indian Removal Act?

_________  in 1830 authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi river to lands in the west.

• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Worcester v. Georgia
• Indian Removal Act
• None of the above

The name given to the Cherokee’s 800 mile march to the indian territory where ¼ of the Cherokee tribe died on the march to the land?

Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had no authority over the Cherokee nations territory.

• Indian Removal Act
• Worcester v. Georgia
• Seminole vs Georgia
• Osceola vs Florida

What is the red shaded area?

• Indian Territory
• Texas
• Original Cherokee Nation

• Seminole territory

What does the picture represent? What would the title to this forcibly removal to Oklahoma from their homeland be called?

Approximately how many Native Americans died during the Trail of Tears? (just numbers in your answer)

What was the main reason for the forced relocation of Native American tribes?

• Political pressure from European governments.

• Desire for resources by European settlers.

• Desire for land by European settlers

• Conflict between Native American tribes.

Which Native American tribe was most affected by the Trail of Tears?

To absorb a group into the culture of another population