Trail of Tears Quiz

What definition best describes the Trail of Tears?

• Moving into a new house

• Providing Native Americans with laws protecting their homes

• Being forced to move from your home and/or land as a result of colonization, government action, or natural disaster

• Gaining new land from the government

The ______ were forced to relocate during the Trail of Tears as a result of U.S. Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny

• Indigenous people

• Founding Fathers

• Forty-Niners

• 13 Colonies

The Trail of Tears involved various __________ towards the Indigenous people, such as racism, discrimination, and oppression.

• Injustices

• Houses

• Amendments

• Bill of Rights

What does the term 'Trail of Tears' specifically refer to?

• Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.

• the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.

• government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.

• the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory.

Tribal law is the law which does what?

• Governs the tribe and its inner workings

• Laws which were created by the U.S. for Indigenous people

• An amendment to the U.S. constitution

• Let the U.S. govern the Western Hemisphere

Which event is known as the Trail of Tears?

• The forced relocation of Native Americans in the 1830s

• The California Gold Rush

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The end of the Civil War

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Describe the impact of the Trail of Tears on the Cherokee Nation.

• It led to the loss of their ancestral lands and significant population decline.

• It resulted in the establishment of new trade routes.

• It caused the Cherokee to gain new territories.

• It improved relations with the U.S. government.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

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

• Apache

• Cherokee

• Sioux

• Navajo

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DOK Level 1: Recall