10.2 - Conflicts Over Land

In 1830, President Jackson, pushed the _____________ ___________ _____ through Congress.

• Native American Act

• Cherokee Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Native Land Act

In 1834, Congress set aside an area for __________ ____________, most of it in what is today the state of Oklahoma.

• White Americans

• African Americans

• Native Americans

1. President Jackson ignored the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of:

• Chisolm v. Georgia

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Smith v. Oregon

• Miranda v. Arizona

The Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw peoples were collectively known as the ____________ _______________ _____________.

• Five Civilized Tribes

• Five Warrior Tribes

• Five Nomadic Tribes

• Five Uncivilized Tribes

Who helped form the Cherokee Nation into its own constitutional republic?

• Chief John Ross

• Pick the other one

Who were the only Native Americans who successfully resisted their removal?

• Cherokee

• Sac Tribe

• Choctaw Tribe

• Seminoles

1. In which Supreme Court decision did Chief Justice John Marshall rule that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee?

• Chisolm v. Georgia

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Smith v. Oregon

• Miranda v. Arizona

Which act allowed the federal government to pay Native Americans to move west?

• Native American Act

• Cherokee Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Native Land Act

The “Trail Where They Cried” is also called the “Trail of _______________.

• Jears

• Tears

• Gears

What was the controversy over the Treaty of New Echota?

• The Cherokees who signed the treaty did not speak for the 17,000 Cherokee in the region.

• The Cherokees who signed the treaty were known criminals in the region.

• The Cherokees who signed the treaty were actually not Cherokee at all.