Native American History Quiz

Developed a writing system and began publishing a newspaper for the Cherokee people.

• Sequoya
• Pocahontas

• Sasquatch

• Snoopy

To adopt the culture or way of life of the nation in which one currently lives.

• assimilate
• evacuate

• permeate

• mutate

Federal land set aside for Native American tribes, following their forced relocation.

• reservation
• location

• casino

• tee pees

The law that ended the U.S. government’s earlier policy of respecting the rights of Native Americans to remain on their land.

• Indian Removal Act
• Indian Relocation Program

• Indian Home Improvement Act

• Indian Restoration Act

The route the Cherokee and other native tribes took during their forced migration from the southeast United States.

• Trail of Tears
• Trail of Trouble

• Northwestern Passage

• Corp of Discovery

By 1830, most Native Americans in the United States were located in which REGION?

• mid-Atlantic states

• New England states

• Northeastern states

• Southeastern states

What were the so-called “Five Civilized Tribes” of the Jacksonian Era?

• Cherokee

• Choctaw

• Creek

• Chickasaw

• Seminole

Which BRANCH of the federal government has the “delegated power” to negotiate treaties with other nations, such as the individual Native American tribes?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

• Federal

Andrew Jackson was elected, in part, to represent the “common man”. This group of voters in the Southeast wanted WHAT more than anything else in the early 1800’s?

• to obtain ownership of Native American lands

• to nullify the Tariff of 1828

• establish the “gold standard” for U.S. currency

• to repeal the Second National Bank’s charter

The federal government’s Native American policy, beginning in 1830, stated that Native Americans could “assimilate” or ...

• actuate

• evacuate

• translate

• rotate