Andrew Jackson Trail of Tears

Which statement about the “Trail of Tears” is accurate?

• President Andrew Jackson opposed the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia.

• Large numbers of Cherokee were forced to relocate during the winter months.

• Chief Justice John Marshall ordered the Cherokee Indians to move westwards.

• The Cherokee were moved because they lacked a written alphabet.

President Jackson sent soldiers to remove the ____ to the Indian Territory.

• Cherokee

• Iroquois

• Souix

• Red Hawks

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move

• to Oklahoma

• to Florida

• to the Louisiana Purchase

• to Canada

Which of the following was the Cherokee’s 800 mile march to the indian territory where ¼ of the Cherokee tribe died on the march to the land?

• Second Seminole War

• Trail of Tears

• Blackhawk

• Cherokee resistance

The United States government decided to move the Native Americans from their land to the

• North

• South

• East

• West

The Indian Removal Act led to the event known in History as....

• The Trail of Tears

• The trail of Death

• The Crying Path

• The Journey of Loss

What event is pictured in the image?

• American Indians fleeing the Battle of Horseshoe Bend

• American Indians on the Trail of Tears

• American Indians entering new lands gained in the Jackson Purchase

• American Indians entering Georgia from Tennessee after the Treaty of Echota

• F

• G

• H

• J

This man was president from 1829-1837.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

• Henry Clay

What was the primary reason for the forced relocation of the Cherokee people during the Trail of Tears?

• To make room for white settlers and agricultural expansion

• To protect the Cherokee from other Native American tribes

• To establish a new trade route

• To create a wildlife reserve