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The development of turnpikes ________.

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prevented travelers from using the road until they paid a toll

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The Erie Canal linked the Hudson River to the ________.

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Great Lakes

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Which conclusion is supported by the graph? It cost more to ship goods on canals than it did on railroads., Shipping goods via rail cost more in 1850 than it did in 1830., By 1850, railroads had become a key part of America’s transportation network., Americans were slow to embrace the use of railroads as a means of transportation.

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By 1850, railroads had become a key part of America’s transportation network.

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Why had most Native Americans in the East moved west of the Mississippi River by 1830?

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The U.S. government forced them to move because settlers wanted their lands.

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How did the Seminoles and their leader Osceola react to the threat of displacement?

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The Seminoles resisted displacement by armed fighting with U.S. troops.

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What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Worcester v. Georgia?

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The court ruled that Georgia had no authority over the Cherokee or their lands.

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Which statement is true and supported by this image of the Trail of Tears? Options: The journey along the Trail of Tears took only a few weeks. The Cherokee did not resist their removal to Indian Territory. The Cherokee faced brutal conditions along the Trail of Tears. Very few Cherokee survived the trip to Indian Territory along the Trail of Tears.

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The Cherokee faced brutal conditions along the Trail of Tears.

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Which of the following created the reservation system in the United States? Options: the ruling in Worcester v. Georgia, the Indian Appropriations Act, the Indian Removal Act, the Dawes Act

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the Indian Appropriations Act

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Based on the excerpt from President Andrew Jackson's First Annual Message, which statement would Jackson agree with? The fate of the Mohegan, the Narragansett, and the Delaware is fast overtaking the Choctaw, the Cherokee, and the Creek. That this fate surely awaits them if they remain within the limits of the States does not admit a doubt. Humanity and national honor demand that every effort should be made to avert so great a calamity.

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Removal is necessary to save the five tribes from extinction.

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In the excerpt from the Memorial of the Cherokee Nation, on what basis do the Cherokee claim ownership of their native lands? "Permit us to ask, what better right can a people have to a country, than the right of inheritance and immemorial peaceable possession?"

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They have lived on the land for countless years, and it has been passed down to them from generation to generation.