Trail of Tears 5th Grade Vocab

What was the Indian Removal Act?

• A major legislative act by the U.S. federal government which forced the relocation of Native Americans

• A treaty between Native American tribes

• A law to protect Native American lands

• A celebration of Native American culture

Who was the 8th President of the United States in 1838?

• Andrew Jackson

• Martin Van Buren

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

What is the Trail of Tears?

• A nickname for a Native American festival

• A nickname of the forced march westward of Native Americans in 1838 & 1839 which caused thousands of their deaths

• A famous Native American battle

• A Native American trade route

Which state is much of the Indian Territory that Native Americans were relocated to now a part of?

• Texas

• Florida

• Oklahoma

• California

Which Native American tribe resisted and protested the Indian Removal Act?

• Sioux

• Cherokee

• Apache

• Navajo

Trail of Tears

• In 1830, authorizing the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.
  
• To manage Indian removal to western lands, Congress approved the creation of a new government agency
• Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which the laws of Georgia had no force
• The Cherokee were forced to march 800 miles to the Indian Territory