Andrew Jackson Trail of Tears TEST

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

• Indian Removal Act

• Native American Expulsion
• Five Tribes of North America

Which group was most hurt by Jackson's removal policy?

• the rich and well-born
• Native Americans
• the common people

The Trail of Tears refers to_____

• the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.

• government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.

• the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

What did the Indian Removal Act do?

• Pushes all Native Americans into Florida
• Enacts the policy of assimilation
• Moves Native Americans west beyond the Mississippi River

Which statement about the “Trail of Tears” is accurate or true?

• President Andrew Jackson opposed the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia.
• Large numbers of Cherokee were forced to relocate during the winter months.
• Chief Justice John Marshall ordered the Cherokee Indians to move westwards.

Once he became president, Jackson fired many federal employees and replaced them with his political supporters and friends.

• True
• False

When Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to his closest supporters/allies it was called:

• support system
• the spoils system
• nullification

Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from

• Native Americans.

• the common people.

• states' rights supporters.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ruled in favor of the Cherokee Nation was

• John Adams
• John Jay
• John Marshall

The Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. should protect the Cherokee and their lands in 

• Kentucky
• Tennessee
• Georgia