The Native American Experience

What does it mean to assimilate?

• To change your culture to fit in with the dominant culture

• To maintain your cultural independence

• To integrate new and old cultural customs

Which of the following was a common reality for many Native American tribes?

• They could live on American land as long as they did not farm on it

• They could keep their land as long as they signed a treaty

• The treaties they signed with the American government were often broken

What caused the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole to be called the 5 “civilized” tribes?

• They assimilated to American culture

• They fought for their right to their lands

• They made treaties with the American government

What was the Indian Removal Act?

• A federal law that called for the forced removal of the 5 "civilized" tribes in the southeast

• A decision by the U.S. government to help tribes become more "civilized" and assimilate to U.S. customs

• A treaty signed by the 5 civilized tribes to sell their lands to the U.S. government

Which President signed the Indian Removal Act?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Andrew Jackson

As a result of the Indian Removal Act where were the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw and Seminole tribes forced to move to?

• Swamp lands in Florida

• Mexico

• Reservations in Oklahoma

• Reservations in California

Which of the following accurately describes the Trail of Tears?

• The law that forced 5 tribes to move west to Okalahoma

• The devastating experience of the Cherokee journey to reservations in Oklahoma

• The Cherokee tribe's decision to move west

What is a reservation?

• A treaty between a Native American tribe and the U.S. government

• A designated period of time in which a tribe can continue to live on a plot of land

• An area of land established by the U.S. government for a Native American tribe to live on

John ___ was the chief of the Cherokee Nation.

• Smith
• Rolfe
• Ross
• Clements

Which of the following was made up of runaway slaves, Creeks, and Floridian Native Americans?

• Cherokee
• Choctaw
• Seminole
• Chickasaw