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DIY #2 Indian Removal & Trail of Tears

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which President supported the Indian Removal?

a)

John Ross

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Andrew Jackson

2.

Which of these are the Five Civilized Tribes?

a)

Quapaw, Creek, Kiowa, Comanche, and Chickasaw

b)

Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Sioux, and Faux

c)

Seminole, Cherokee, Choctaw, Iroquois, and Mohican

d)

Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole

3.

What was the forced removal of the Cherokee Tribe that resulted in 4,000 deaths?

a)

Trail of Fears

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Cherokee Migration

d)

Trail of Tears

4.
1830 law that required the relocation of Cherokees to western territories
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Indian Resettlement Law
c)
Worcester v. Georgia
d)
Indian Removal Act
5.

Supreme Court ruling that declared that only the federal government, and not the states, could enforce laws on the Indian Tribes.

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Scott v. Sandford

d)

Worcester v. Georgia

6.

Which is the most accurate description of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

a)

High rates of the Tariff of 1828 were removed.

b)

The Embargo of 1807 was finally lifted.

c)

Authorized the federal government to force the Native Americans of the Southeast, who lived on valuable farmland, off their land.

d)

Fugitive slaves living in the North were to be shipped back to their owners in the South.

7.
The Trail of Tears is associated with . . .
a)
 the relocation of the Cherokee tribe
b)
difficulties on the Oregon Trail
c)
deaths at Donner Pass
d)
the expatriation of pro-British Americans
8.

This Native American tribe in NW Georgia who was forcefully removed during the Trail of Tears.

a)

Seminole

b)

Creek

c)

Cherokee

d)

Choctaw

9.

The Indian Removal Act relocated thousands of Cherokees from Georgia to Indian Territory for the purpose of ____.

a)

making the land available for white settlers and farmers

b)

allowing the Cherokee their freedom from U.S. control

c)

obeying the Supreme Court’s order to move the Cherokee

d)

creating a wilderness area for use by French fur trappers

10.

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move Indian Territory which is in modern day

a)

Oklahoma

b)

Florida

c)

Louisiana

d)

Canada

11.
Why was it called the "Trail of Tears?"
a)
Harsh conditions
b)
There were many deaths
c)
People cried over the loss of their "homeland"
d)
All of the above
12.

The Treaty of Echota traded all Cherokee land east of the Mississippi for how much money?

a)

5 million

b)

5 thousand

c)

5 hundred

d)

5 dollars