Question 1

American settlers who wanted to build houses on Native American land were supposed to do something. What was it?

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They were supposed to pay for the land and sign a treaty explaining that the Native Americans had agreed to sell it.

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They were supposed to ignore the Native Americans and build their houses.

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They were supposed to negotiate for the land.

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They were supposed to forcefully take the land.

Question 2

Which president of the United States signed the Indian Removal Act?

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Andrew Jackson

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Thomas Jefferson

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Abraham Lincoln

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George Washington

Question 3

What did the Indian Removal Act say?

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The Indian Removal Act said that the President could now take Native American land without asking for it or paying for it, as long as he gave the Native Americans who lived there an equal amount of land in the unsettled prairies of the west.

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The Indian Removal Act said that Native Americans could only live on reservations.

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The Indian Removal Act said that Native Americans could keep their land if they paid a fee.

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The Indian Removal Act said that Native Americans would be relocated to Canada.

Question 4

Why did the American government think the Indian Removal Act was a good idea?

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For over a hundred years, whites and Native Americans had quarreled, fought, and killed each other. Now, white settlers could live near each other, and the Native Americans could have their own part of the country, further away.

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The government wanted to protect Native American rights.

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The government wanted to promote cultural exchange between whites and Native Americans.

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The government wanted to profit from selling Native American land.

Question 5

Which group of Native Americans refused to go west?

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The Creek Indians refused to go.

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The Apache Indians refused to go.

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The Sioux Indians refused to go.

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The Cheyenne Indians refused to go.

Question 6

What did the U.S. government do to make the Creeks move west?

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S. soldiers came to their homes, chained them together, and forced them to move west.

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The U.S. government built new homes for the Creeks in the west.

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The U.S. government negotiated a peaceful relocation agreement with the Creeks.

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The U.S. government offered the Creeks financial compensation to move west.

Question 7

Which two tribes fought the hardest to keep their homes?

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The Cherokee and the Seminole Indians fought the hardest to keep their homes.

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The Mohawks and Navajo Indians fought the hardest to keep their homes.

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The Apache and Cheyenne Indians fought the hardest to keep their homes.

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The Pawnee and Iroquois Indians fought the hardest to keep their homes.

Question 8

How did the Seminoles fight the U.S.?

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The Seminoles picked up guns and fought for seven years in a war known as "The Second Seminole War."

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The Seminoles went to court, but the trials dragged on for eight years.

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The Seminoles peacefully negotiated with the U.S. government.

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The Seminoles were forced to walk to the Oklahoma Territory.

Question 9

How did the Cherokee fight the U.S.?

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They went to court, but the trials dragged on for eight years.

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The Cherokee were forced to walk to the Oklahoma Territory.

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The Cherokee picked up guns and fought in a war.

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The Cherokee peacefully negotiated with the U.S. government.

Question 10

Where were the Cherokee of Georgia forced to march?

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They were forced to walk to the Oklahoma Territory.

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The Cherokee were forced to ride horses to the Oklahoma Territory.

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The Cherokee were forced to swim across a river.

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The Cherokee were forced to fly to the Oklahoma Territory.

Question 11

What do we now call this march that the Cherokee were forced to make to the Oklahoma Territory?

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We call it the Trail of Tears

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We call it the Journey of Sorrow.

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We call it the Long Walk.

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We call it the March of Tears.

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