DBQ: Trail of Tears- All Documents

According to this document, why did Andrew Jackson tell Georgians that he would “lend his support to opening up the Cherokee lands for settlement”?

• many of the settlers wanted Cherokee land for settlement

• many Cherokee wanted more land for settlement

According to DOC. A, in the election of 1828, what percentage of the votes cast in the state of Georgia were for Andrew Jackson?

• 97%

• 50%

• 80%

• 9.7%

According to DOC A, why did Andrew Jackson not attempt to get votes from the Cherokee people?

• Because he didn't want to help the Cherokee get new land for settlement

• Because the Cherokee were not citizens and could not vote

Match the following

• New home

• Oklahoma

• bias that devalues people

• Frontier

• deliberately contrary to what one expect

• irony

• the extreme limit of settled land

• Georgia

• Native home of Cherokee

• Social Prejudice

According to this image, what is Jackson attitude towards the Native Americans?

• He thinks he is taking care of them

• He thinks they are bigger than him

• He wants to work with them and teach them to farm

• He wants to make sure they don't lose their land

Politics has to do with winning elections and having the power to make decisions. Which document is most likely to go into the Political Bucket?

• DOC. A

• DOC. B

• DOC. C

• DOC. D

Always seeing groups of people as Inferior or less than other groups is social prejudice. Which document is most likely to go into the Social Bucket?

• DOC. A

• DOC. B

• DOC. C

• DOC. D

According to this DOC, how do white people regard Native Americans?

• equal

• great than

• less than

• all of these are correct

According to this DOC, what if a Native American is educated in the sciences, classics, astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy?

• they are now viewed as equal to whites

• they are now viewed as superior to whites

• they are still viewed as inferior to whites

• they are still viewed as superior to whites

According to this DOC, what does a Native American need to do so that they may be seen as equal to whites?

• Get educated in the sciences and philosophy

• Become literate and they will triumph over others

• There is nothing they can do, they will always be seen as inferior

• Be more modest and polite to be worthy individuals