Story of the World: III Chapter 38 Test: American Tragedies

President ____ signed the Indian Removal Act.

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Adams

• Andrew Jackson

The Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Cherokee, and the Creek Indians were known as the Five _____ because so many of them lived just like white settlers.

• Civilized Tribes

• Certified Tribes

• Cheerful Tribes

The Cherokee’s forced journey to Oklahoma is known as the ____.

• Trail of Tears

• Great Trek

• Long March

When Nat Turner saw a ____, he felt it was a sign that it was time for the slaves to break free.

• comet

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

When American settlers wanted to build houses on Native American land, what were they supposed to do?

• Make sure no Native Americans were living there first.

• Ask the Native American chief for permission.

• Ask the United States government for permission.

The Indian Removal Act said that the President could now take Native American land without asking for it, as long as he _____.

• gave the Native Americans an equal amount of land in the unsettled west

• paid the Native Americans a fair price

• got approval from Congress first

• all of the above

The _____ tribe went to war and fought the U.S. for seven years.

• Choctaw

• Seminole

• Cherokee

• Creek

The _____ went to court to try to keep their homes.

• Choctaw

• Seminole

• Cherokee

• Creek

When planters in the south heard stories about _____, they became very worried.

• the French Revolution

• the bankrupt planters in England

• South American rebels

• the revolt on St. Dominigue

The _____ told the slaves about a coming time of freedom when God would heal all the suffering of the slaves.

• abolitionists

• white ministers

• black ministers

• Quaker missionaries