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Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the "Trail of Tears"

Quiz by Cathy Shearrer

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  • Q1

    The Five Civilized Tribes included all of the following EXCEPT?

    Choctaw

    Hopi

    Seminole

    Creek

    30s
  • Q2

    Which president ordered the 5 Civilized tribes to be removed to a "government" territory?

    George Washington

    John Quincy Adams

    Andrew Jackson

    Thomas Jefferson

    30s
  • Q3

    What current state were the tribes forced to relocate?

    Arkansas

    Oklahoma

    Texas

    Louisiana

    30s
  • Q4

    What was the Supreme Court Case in which a ruling was made that a particular state did not have the right to interfere with the matters involving a particular native tribe.

    Apache  v. State of Texas

    Creek  v. Maine

    Hopi v. State of New Mexico

    Worcester v. Georgia

    30s
  • Q5

    In 1835 the federal government persuaded a few Cherokee to sign a treaty giving up their people's land.

    true
    false
    True or False
    30s
  • Q6

    What were two ways in which the Cherokee traveled on the Trail of Tears?

    Users enter free text
    Type an Answer
    30s
  • Q7

    Who was the General in which President Andrew Jackson put in charge of the army to remove the Cherokee from their lands?

    General Napolean Bonaparte

    General Oliver Hazard Perry

    General Winfield Scott

    General Washington

    20s
  • Q8

    Which of the Five Civilized Tribes decided to go to war with the U.S. army rather than leave their homeland in Florida?

    Seminole

    Chickasaw 

    Creek

    Commanche

    20s

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