Creating Indian Territory TEST

Which of the following statements does NOT reflect President Thomas Jefferson's view of Native Americans in the United States?

• He believed Native Americans to be in body and mind equal to white men
• He believed Native Americans should voluntarily move in order to change their environment to more of the white man's ways
• He believed the forced removal of the Native Americans was best for all concerned
• He believed Native Americans should shift from a hunting society to a more agrarian "farming" society.

The oldest permanent white settlement in Oklahoma was established as a trading post in

• Canadian
• Talaquah
• Salina
• Muskogee

The Osage traded hunting land to the Cherokee for cash and gifts in what treaty?

• Dancing Rabbit
• New Echota
• Paynes Landing
• Lovely's Purchase

The American President most associated with the forced removal of the Southeastern Indians was

• George Washington
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Andrew Jackson

The intent of the Indian Removal Act was to

• negotiate treaties to remove Native Americans from the southeastern United States
• help Native Americans buy land east of the Mississippi River
• remove Native Americans to reservations in the eastern part of the United States
• destroy the Native Americans' way of life

The removal of most tribes to areas west of the Mississippi River was made more difficult by

• disease
• starvation
• poor weather
• all of the above

The first eastern tribe to be removed to lands west of the Mississippi River was the

• Choctaw
• Chickasaw
• Creek
• Cherokee

The term "trail of tears" is thought to have originated with which tribe?

• Cherokee
• Chickasaw
• Creek
• Choctaw

Salina was established as a settlement because this resource was discovered?

• Copper mines
• Coal mines
• Salt plains
• Wheat crops

The Seminole were forced to relocate to an area already occupied but the

• Cherokee
• Choctaw
• Creek
• Chickasaw