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Trail of Tears

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year was the Indian Removal Act signed?

a)

2021

b)

1830

c)

1970

d)

1776

2.

Who was the president that ordered the Indian removal act?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

James Madison

d)

George Washington

3.

What law did congress pass that forced the Native Americans to leave their homelands and move to the Indian reservations?

a)

Indian Removal Act

b)

Indian Stay Act

c)

Trail of Tears Act

d)

Oklahoma Act

4.

What state did most Native Americans have to move to?

a)

Alabama

b)

Texas

c)

North Carolina

d)

Oklahoma

5.

What was the deal President Andrew Jackson gave the Cherokee Native Americans?

a)

He gave them money for food and clothes.

b)

He gave them land in Oklahoma and 5 million dollars for leaving their land.

c)

He gave them land in North Carolina.

d)

He gave them land but refused to give them money.

6.

1. The United States Army forced Native American tribes to move ______ of the ________River.

a)

North of the Broad River

b)

South of the Rio Grand River

c)

West of the Mississippi River

d)

East of the Mississippi River

7.

What was the name of the Cherokee Chief who led the fight against the Indian Removal Act?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

John Marshall

c)

John Ross

d)

Andrew Marshall

8.

In 1821, a Cherokee alphabet was created by who?

a)

Sequoyah

b)

John Ross

c)

Harry Potter

d)

Francis Scott Key

9.

All of the following were dangers faced on the Trail of Tears except ________________.

a)

Extreme weather

b)

Disease

c)

The British

d)

Starvation

10.

What event is the subject of this map?

a)

The Alamo

b)

The Oregon Trail

c)

The Trail of Tears

d)

The Battle of Little Bighorn