Indian Removal Act

What were the names of the Five Civilized Tribes?

• Mandan, Hidatsa Arikara, Cherokee, Cree

• Sioux, Cherokee, Hidatsa, Navajo, Muscogee

• Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole

• Chickasaw, Mandan, Sioux, Seminole, Navajo

According to the three sources we read, which of these is NOT a way the Five Civilized Tribes tried to assimilate to the white settlers?

• gave up hunting for farming

• learned to ride horses

• had a written constitution

• learned to read and write English

Why did white settlers support the Indian Removal Act?

• They wanted the land for growing cotton.

• Gold was discovered on Cherokee land.

• future expansion and slave plantations

• All of these answers are correct.

What did the Indian Removal Act do?

• It allowed the Five Civilized Tribes to stay on their own land.

• It required the tribes to move to the new "Indian Territory" west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands in the east.

• It set a bounty for Black Hawk to be captured.

• It removed all the gold from Indian lands.

In the case Worcester v. Georgia, what did the U.S. Supreme Court do?

• declared the tribes as a sovereign nation who have a right to their territory

• destroyed the state of Georgia

• arrested Cherokee leader Chief Ross

• Told the Sac and Fox Indians of Illinois to retreat

The Trail of Tears took place in which season?

• summer

• spring

• fall

• winter

How did the Trail of Tears get its name?

• The natives from the Five Civilized Tribes who refused to leave were forced west by federal troops, and many died during the trip west.

• The tears of animals were sprinkled along the ground as they walked.

• The soldiers were badly injured during the walk west.

Which of these does NOT describe Chief John Ross?

• He was the leader of the Cherokee nation.

• He tried everything he could to stop the removal of his people from their lands in the east.

• He ended up siding with President Jackson and told his people to leave the land.

• presented a petition that the Treaty of New Echota was fraudulent

By the 1830s, what is the capital of the Cherokee nation?

• Georgia

• New Echota

• Mississippi

• Homeland

Why is it important that we remember the Trail of Tears and historical events?

• because the teacher said so

• To learn from it and to prevent anything like it from happening again

• because my parent said so

• because the school said so