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WorksheetsAndrew Jackson, The Indian Removal Act, and the Trail of Tears
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who was the seventh president of the United States from 1829-1837?
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
What was one of Andrew Jackson's main ambitions as president?
Industrialization
Economic isolationism
United States expansion westward
International diplomacy
What was the idea that it was the destiny of the United States to expand westward called?
Frontier Destiny
Expansionist Vision
Westward Manifestation
Manifest Destiny
In what year did Andrew Jackson sign the Indian Removal Act?
1850
1840
1830
1820
What was the policy of Indian removal enforced after Andrew Jackson's presidency?
Trail of Tears
Indian Relocation
Manifest Destiny
Westward Expansion
What did Andrew Jackson refer to Native Americans as?
Explorers
Civilized people
Savages
Pioneers
What was the result of the policy to 'civilize' or 'Europeanize' the Native Americans?
Native Americans were given more rights
Tensions between tribes and settlers were resolved
Native Americans adopted European customs
Native Americans were forced to leave their land
What discovery served as an additional impetus for advocates of removal in the 1830s to push the Cherokee from their lands?
Oil
Silver
Gold
Diamonds
What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 allow the president to do?
Force Native Americans to leave their land without any compensation
Exchange lands east of the Mississippi for those on which Native Americans currently resided
Ignore the rights of Native Americans
Grant Native Americans more land in the East
Who were the supporters of the Indian Removal Act?
Native American tribes
Supreme Court justices
States in the Southeast
Whigs and Abolitionists
What did Andrew Jackson stress as the benefits of states such as Mississippi and Alabama from taking Native American lands?
Peace and harmony
Environmental preservation
Population, wealth, and power
Cultural enrichment
What was the treaty obtained by Andrew Jackson in 1835 that offered the Cherokee five million dollars in exchange for their lands called?
Treaty of New Orleans
Treaty of New York
Treaty of New Echota
Treaty of New England
In what year did the federal government send General Winfield Scott and 7,000 troops to force the Cherokee to leave their lands?
1830
1835
1838
1840
How many Native Americans died overall during forced relocation in the 1830s?
Less than 1,000
Around 5,000
Between 10,000-15,000
More than 20,000
What does the Trail of Tears refer to?
The forced removal of Native Americans from the lands on which they lived by the United States Federal government in the 1830s
The forced removal of European settlers from Native American lands
The voluntary relocation of Native Americans to the West
The peaceful coexistence of Native Americans and settlers
