History Quiz

The development of turnpikes ________.

• lowered the cost of shipping goods from West to East

• quickly replaced the canal system in the North and Midwest

• prevented travelers from using the road until they paid a toll

• answered the growing needs of people who were moving west

The Erie Canal linked the Hudson River to the ________.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Arkansas River

• Atlantic Ocean

• Great Lakes

Use the graph to answer the question.

• It cost more to ship goods on canals than it did on railroads.

• Shipping goods via rail cost more in 1850 than it did in 1830.

• By 1850, railroads had become a key part of America’s transportation network.

• Americans were slow to embrace the use of railroads as a means of transportation.

Why had most Native Americans in the East moved west of the Mississippi River by 1830?

• The rise of factories in the East had caused permanent environmental damage to their lands.

• The U.S. government forced them to move because settlers wanted their lands.

• The hunting and farming was much better west of the Mississippi.

• They wanted to live far from the authority of the U.S. government.

Which of the five tribes had their original homelands located mainly in the same state? Select the two correct answers.

• Cherokee

• Chickasaw

• Choctaw

• Creek

• Seminole

How did the Seminoles and their leader Osceola react to the threat of displacement?

• The Seminoles resisted displacement by appealing to the courts.

• The Seminoles resisted displacement by armed fighting with U.S. troops.

• The Seminoles leaders surrendered to U.S. authorities and abandoned their lands.

• The Seminoles negotiated the sale of their lands and moved themselves to Indian Territory.

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Worcester v. Georgia?

• The court ruled that the Cherokee did not have to travel to Indian Territory but did have to give up their land.

• The court ruled that settlers needed a permit from Georgia to live on Cherokee lands.

• The court ruled that Georgia had no authority over the Cherokee or their lands.

• The court ruled that the Cherokee had to sell their lands to settlers.

Use the image to answer the question. A group of people traveling through snowy mountains, representing the Trail of Tears.

• The journey along the Trail of Tears took only a few weeks.

• The Cherokee did not resist their removal to Indian Territory.

• The Cherokee faced brutal conditions along the Trail of Tears.

• Very few Cherokee survived the trip to Indian Territory along the Trail of Tears.

Which of the following created the reservation system in the United States?

• the ruling in Worcester v. Georgia

• the Indian Appropriations Act

• the Indian Removal Act

• the Dawes Act

Based on the excerpt, with which statement would Jackson agree?

• Removal will cause irreversible damage to the five tribes.

• Removal is necessary to save the five tribes from extinction.

• The United States must repair the damage done to Native cultures.

• The United States is responsible for the destruction of many Native cultures.