Indian Removal

What was NOT a reason the Native Americans and settlers were in conflict?

• miners/farmers stole the Native Americans land

• White settlers respected the Native Americans culture

• The white settlers wanted the Native Americans to be farmers

Which President of the United States signed the Indian Removal Act, and supported western expansion?

• John Ross

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

The Supreme Court ruled that ___ was not able to take the Cherokee lands because the Cherokee were a sovereign nation.

• Georgia

• Indiana

• Oklahoma

What was it called when the Cherokee were forced to leave their homeland by soldiers, and at least 4,000 died due to harsh weather?

• Jackson's Journey

• March to the Sea

• Trail of Tears

The process by which a minority culture chooses to give up it’s own identity and replace it with the identity of a major culture is called

• Modernization

• Assimilation

• Extinction

What are the lands that the United States government set aside for the Native Americans called?

• Reserves

• Parks

• Reservations

Most of the time Native Americans needs were __________ on the reservations.

• Neglected

• Well met

• Provided for

Boarding schools purpose were designed to __________ Indian children’s lives.

• change the culture

• bring acculturation

• learn the white man's ways

• all of the above

The boarding schools were _____________ for the Native American parents and children.

• Voluntary

• Non-voluntary

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Great Awakening

• Manifest Destiny

• Louisiana Purchase