DE 7.2 Indian Removal and Its Impact

Which U.S. law authorized the forced relocation of Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi River?

• Homestead Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Dawes Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Who was the U.S. President responsible for signing the Indian Removal Act into law?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Monroe

What is the name given to the forced journey of the Cherokee and other tribes from their homelands to present-day Oklahoma?

• Oregon Trail

• Trail of Tears

• Santa Fe Trail

• Gold Rush Trail

Which Native American tribe was most closely associated with the Trail of Tears?

• Sioux

• Cherokee

• Apache

• Iroquois

What was the primary destination for the tribes removed under the Indian Removal Act?

• California

• Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)

• Texas

• Florida

Which Supreme Court case ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation"?

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

• Johnson v. M'Intosh

• Marbury v. Madison

Who was the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation during the Trail of Tears?

• Osceola

• John Ross

• Sequoyah

• Tecumseh

Which group of tribes was collectively known as the "Five Civilized Tribes"?

• Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole

• Sioux, Apache, Comanche, Cheyenne, Arapaho

• Iroquois, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca

• Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Ute, Pueblo

Which Supreme Court Chief Justice presided over the cases involving the Cherokee Nation?

• Roger Taney

• John Marshall

• Earl Warren

• Oliver Wendell Holmes

What was the main legal argument used by the Cherokee Nation to resist removal?

• They were U.S. citizens

• They were a sovereign nation

• They had signed a treaty with France

• They owned slaves