Jackson and the Trail of Tears

Native Americans believed land and resources

• belonged to the first to claim it
• belonged to the Native American tribe who lived there
• belonged to the community, not just one person or family
• should be bought and sold at auction

Which was NOT one of the main reasons for western expansion that led to conflict between white Americans and Native Americans?

• land
• gold
• desire to create new markets for US businesses
• control of the Mississippi River

The policy which sought to remove Native Americans from territories they had lived in for generations was known as

• Indian Removal
• Native American Expulsion
• Five Tribes of North America
• Worcester v Georgia

The Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole Indians were knows as the

• Five Tribes
• Original settlers
• Indian Removal
• Trail of Tears

True or False: President Andrew Jackson opposed the removal of Native Americans. 

• True
• False

The forced march of Cherokee to relocate in Oklahoma was known as the __________ because so many suffered and died along the way.

• Trail of Tears
• Walk of Shame
• Indian Removal Plan
• universal suffrage

Universal suffrage was the idea that __________ should have the right to vote.

• all white males
• women
• everyone
• anyone who owns property 

The elections of 1824 and 1828 were between

• John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
• John C Calhoun v Andrew Jackson
• Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson
• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

The political movement toward greater democracy for the common man was known as 

• Jacksonian democracy
• Nullification Crisis
• Trail of Tears
• Universal Suffrage

The idea that, to a great extent, states should be allowed to govern themselves is known as 

• states' rights
• Nullification Crisis
• universal suffrage
• federalism