USI 8c Retake

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The Indian Removal Act was passed because___.

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Gold was found on Native American territory

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The Indian Removal Act authorized the federal government to ___.

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negotiate treaties with eastern tribes to exchange their land for new land in the west

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What did the Cherokee tribe do after the Indian Removal Act was passed? Options: decided to stand their ground and wage war for the rights to their land, took their case to the Supreme Court, made plans to move further east

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took their case to the Supreme Court

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What did the Cherokee people call the 800+ mile march to the Oklahoma territory?

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The Trail of Tears

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After bringing two cases before the Supreme Court, the Cherokee were still forced to relocate to the West because ___.

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President Andrew Jackson failed to enforce the Supreme Court's decision to support the Natives' rights to their land