AKS 34d and e Review

What did John Ross and William McIntosh have in common?

• They were both Indian chiefs who played major roles in Indian Removal from Georgia

• They were both Indian chiefs who resisted white expansion.

• They both refused to give up Native American lands.

• They both were Georgia legislators who wanted to take Native American territory.

The Dahlonega Gold Rush, Worcester v. Georgia, and the Trail of Tears all are related to

• disputes over Georgia's boundaries.

• scandalous land deals in the Yazoo Land Fraud

• the removal of Native Americans from Georgia

• the ending of slavery in Georgia.

Following the agreement that was reached in the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825, Chief William McIntosh lost his life. Why did this happen?

• He was betrayed by a rival American Indian who wanted the land he had received.

• Creek leaders executed McIntosh because he agreed to sell the Creek's remaining land to the United States without their consent.

• McIntosh died of Yellow Fever as a result of being forced to march on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma.

• The U.S. Government captured and executed him for violating the treaty just weeks after it was signed.

Which Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to take Native American lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson?

• Fletcher v. Peck

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Worcester v. Georgia

Who was the Supreme Court Justice that made the decision the USA could not force its laws on Natives nor could the USA force them off their land?

• John Marshall

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• William McIntosh

Who was the Supreme Court Justice that made the decision the USA could not force its laws on Natives nor could the USA force them off their land?

• John Marshall

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• William McIntosh

Which president is responsible for signing the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• Andrew Jackson

• James Buchanan

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Quincy Adams

What was the result of gold being discovered in Dahlonega, Georgia?

• The revolution started in Georgia

• UGA was founded

• the capital of Georgia moved

• Indians were forcibly removed from the area

Where were Native Americans relocated after their removal?

• Indian Territory/ Oklahoma

• Alabama

• Mississippi

• New York

What was the GA government's main reason behind the forced removal of Creek Indians?

• Conflict with other tribes

• Political disagreements

• Desire for resources

• Desire for land