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WorksheetsPEP Unit 1: Week 8 - Jackson's Impact on Native People in TN
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
__________ was signed by the Cherokee Indians in Tennessee on December 29, 1835. This would give their land to the U.S. in exchange for $5 million.
Jackson Purchase
Indian Removal Act
Treaty of New Echota
__________ was the path settlers used to get from the north into Kentucky and Tennessee.
Wilderness Trail
Cumberland Gap
Trail of Tears
__________ created a system of syllables for the Cherokee Indians to use.
Sequoyah
Nancy Ward
John Ross
Andrew Jackson
In the __________ Chickasaw Indians received $300,000 in exchange for all lands east of the Mississippi River, west of Tennessee River, and north of the Mississippi state line.
Jackson Purchase
Treaty of New Echota
Indian Removal Act
__________ was a colonist who supported the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War.
Patriot
Loyalist
__________ were the first people to come to the Americas from what is now Asia.
Paleo
Archaic
Woodland
Mississippian
__________ was fought between the U.S. and Great Britain from June 1812 until February 1815.
War of 1812
Revolutionary War
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Civil War
The __________ gave the federal government the power to move the eastern Indians, by treaty or force, to lands west of the Mississippi River.
Jackson Purchase
Treaty of New Echota
Indian Removal Act
__________ was a battle in which General Andrew Jackson led his new army of Volunteers and defeated the Creek and broke the Indian resistance in the South.
Battle of the Bluffs
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle of King's Mountain
__________ was formed by North Carolina settlers who were upset that their land had been abandoned by the state. The people then came together to form this state, which was located in present-day Northeast Tennessee.
State of Franklin
Fort Nashborough
Watauga Settlement
Cumberland Settlement
__________ led Tennessee troops against Creek Indians and, in the War of 1812, defeated the British in New Orleans in less than 30 minutes.
John Ross
Patrick Ferguson
Andrew Jackson
Dragging Canoe
__________ was a Chief of the Cherokee Indians who tried to fight the seizure of the Cherokee Indians in Tennessee.
John Ross
John Donelson
Sequoyah
Andrew Jackson
What was the event in which President Martin Van Buren ordered the Cherokee removed by force (from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee), when some would not leave?
Wilderness Trail
Trail of Tears
Treaty of New Echota
Jackson Purchase
People who lived in the ________________ Settlement leased the land from the Cherokees, until they bought the land from them.
Watauga
Cumberland
Fort Nashborough
Franklin
Which of the following was NOT one of the reasons Overmountain Men came to Tennessee?
Colonies were crowded
Hunting new game
In trouble with the law
Upset with colony leaders
Who fought against the white settlers of Fort Nashborough in the Battle of the Bluff?
Chickasaw
Cherokee
Shawnee
Creek
Who signed the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
Dragging Canoe
John Ross
Daniel Boone
What was the original name of the State of Franklin?
Frankland
Frankville
Frankborough
20. Which prehistoric group hunted mastodons and large bison?
Paleo
Archaic
Woodland
Mississippian
In what year did Tennessee become a state?
1777
1776
1796
1763
Who, along with his followers, was referred to as a Longhunter?
Dragging Canoe
John Donelson
Daniel Boone
David Crockett
Which Indian tribe signed the Jackson Purchase?
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Shawnee
Creek
Which of the following tribes of Indians lived in WEST Tennessee?
Cherokee
Chicksaw
Shawnee
Creek
What was the last battle of the Creek War, on the Tallapoosa River in Alabama?
Battle of the Bluffs
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of King's Mountain
Which of the following was NOT one of the required steps to statehood?
Elect a leader
Create a state constitution
Population of 60,000
Congressional approval
Which countries fought in the War of 1812? Choose TWO answers.
China
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Mexico
How many Cherokee Indians walked the Trail of Tears?
10,000
12,000
13,000
15,000
Who left Watauga FIRST to explore the Cumberland Settlement?
John Donelson
James Robertson
Daniel Boone
John Ross
Who created a system of syllables, similar to an alphabet, for the Cherokee to use?
Nancy Ward
Sequoyah
John Ross
Dragging Canoe
Over __________ Tennesseans volunteered to fight in the War of 1812, when President James Madison only asked for 1,500.
200
2,000
20,000
200,000
True or False: President Martin Van Buren SIGNED the Indian Removal Act.
True
False
True or False: Dragging Canoe was the Cherokee Indian chief at the time of the Trail of Tears.
True
False
