7.7 Write on, Sequoyah!

How was life on the frontier?

• happy

• dangerous

• safe

• rich

Who developed the Cherokee system of writing?

• John Ross

• Sequoyah

• President Jackson

What is the number of symbols in the Cherokee alphabet?

• eighty-six

• eighty

• twenty-six

• fifty

What the Cherokees called letters

• talking trees

• symbols

• talking-leaves

• talking-flowers

What killed many Indians once the settlers arrived?

• war

• diseases and weapons

• accidents

• lack of food

Many people wanted the Indians to live west of the

• mountains

• Erie Lake

• Mississippi River

• ocean

Where many new immigrants to the United States settled

• west

• south

• east

• north

Law passed to move Indian tribes west

• Secure and guaranteed Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Frontier Act

What was discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia that forced the Cherokees to relocate?

• coal

• gold

• silver

• copper

What is one of the reasons that Cherokee in Georgia were forced to relocate?

• A severe drought

• Once silver was discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia, thousands of silver hunters rushed in. Outgunned and outmanned, the Cherokees were forced to move westward

• Once gold was discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia, thousands of gold hunters rushed in. Outgunned and outmanned, the Cherokees were forced to move westward

• Earthquakes and lack of food.