SS Weekly Week 11 Cherokee Nation

1. Where did the Cherokee NOT have lands?

• Alabama
• Georgia
• Massachusetts
• Tennessee

2. What event happened in 1829 that made it almost impossible to stop settlers from taking land from the natives?

• Gold was discovered.
• The military supported the treaties and made friends with the Cherokee.
• The Supreme Court ruled against the Cherokee.
• President Jackson supported the settlers in Georgia.

3. Where were the Cherokee told they had to move?

• to southern Florida
• to the California area
• anywhere besides Georgia
• beyond the Mississippi River

4. How many American Indians were removed with the Indian Removal Act?

• 6000
• 1,500
• 12,000
• 100,000

5. What group of people enforced the Trail of Tears?

• settlers who wanted the land
• the United States Army
• sheriffs and deputies in Georgia
• other tribes that wanted hunting grounds

6. What was Andrew Jackson's tie to Floria before he was president?

• He grew up in Florida.
• He was a senator from Florida.
• He had a plantation in Florida.
• He was the military governor of Florida.

7. What did Osceola do?

• He led the Seminole on the Trail of Tears.
• He petitioned the US courts to block negotiations
• He helped army batallions gather Seminoles.
• He led the Seminoles to fight and evade the Army.

8. For how long did the Seminole warriors fight and evade the US military by hiding in the swamps?

• three years
• seven years
• three months
• seven months

9. Which of the following is NOT true about Sequoyah's early years?

• He was a silversmith
• He fought in the War of 1812
• He was raised by a single mom
• He fought in the American Revolution

10. What is a syllabary?

• the creation of a newspaper
• the writing of stories into books
• the translation of languages into English
• symbols for the sounds and syllables in a language