Native Americans of the Greater Mississippi River Area

It was a law in the United States that was passed in 1830. It gave the President the power to force Native American tribes to move to land west of the Mississippi River. It was ...

• the homestead act

• the second amendment of the constitution

• the removal act

• the recovery act

In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the ..............................................................

Approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians were massacred by United States Army troops at

• the battle of Little Big Horn

• the battle of Gettysburg

• Wounded Knee

• Mount Rushmore

It marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War.

• the battle of Little Big Horn

• The battle of Gettysburg

• Wounded Knee

• Mount Rushmore

Which president has NOT been represented on Mount Rushmore?

• Jefferson

• Washington

• Roosevelt

• Jackson

In 1971, some Native Amercians protested and occupied Mount Rushmore which is a ...................................... place for them.

In response to Mount Rushmore, what statue pays tribute to Native American war leader Crazy Horse ?

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