Topic: Indian Removal
 
 

Table of Contents
Overview Vocabulary Terms and Identifications Quiz	Important Maps Biographies of Key Historical Figures Resources

 

Overview: Indian Removal
 
 
 

Vocabulary and Identifications

1) Black Hawk War-A leader of Sauk and for of the western terrotory, challanged the removal Jndians from the territory.

2) The Trail of Tears-  Cherokee suffered death and starvation when they were forced from their homes.


3) Seminole War- The indian  tribe who fought most strongly against removal of the Seminole tribe of Florida.

4) The Cherokee Nation-Exosted,sick,and starving,the last cherokees struggle indantatorie in early 1839.

5) The Election of 1836-they agree onone thing the hatrate of jackson and his politics.

Important Maps
 

Biographies of Important People

 Andrew Jackson: He was the president that organized the Indian Removal Act.  He help pass it by trading the indians for their land and the Indian would move to western territory.
 
 

Quiz
INDIAN REMOVAL ACT QUIZ
 

1.  WHO PROMOTED THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT?

A. GEORGE Washington       B. ABRAHAM Lincoln
C. ANDREW Jackson         D. NONE of the ABOVE

2. WHAT PERCENT OF INDIAN HAD TO SPLIT UP?

A. 86%                    B. 10%
C. 28%                    D. 25%

3. HOW many people HAD TO MOVE WEST?

A.100000             B.1000
C.2500                   D.NONE ABOVE

4. WHAT TRIBES DID NOT WANT TO TRADE THEIR LAND?

A. CHICKASAW     B. CHOCTAW
C. SEMINOLE         D. ALL ABOVE

5. When was the Indian Remopval Act passed?

A. MAY 28, 1830  B. JUNE 30, 1900
C. MAY 25, 1800  C. MAY 1, 1830

6. THE CHEROKEE EXPERIENCE BECAME KNOWN AS:
A. THE TRAIL OF MOUNTAINS
B. THE TRAIL OF TEARS
C. THE MEN OF RIVERS
D. THE MEN OF TEARS

7. THE FLORIDA INDIANS FOUGHT RESETTLEMENT FOR:
A. ONE YEAR  B. TWO YEARS
C. FIVE YEARS  D. SEVEN YEARS

8. THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENT TO:
A. GRANT INDIAN TRIBES UNSETTLED PRAIRIE LAND
B. TAKE THE LAND FROM THE INDIANS
C. CHARGE THEM $50 AN ACRE
D. TAKE THE INDIAN CHILDREN
 

9. Who won the supreme court case of 1832?
A. Republican   B. Chickasaw
C. Cherokee      D. Nobody

10.Who fought for seven years in the second Seminoles war:
A. Florida Indians   B. Cherokee Indians
C. Constitution Indians  D. Chickasaw Indians
 
 

Answers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Answers:

1. C. ANDREW Jackson
2. D. 25%
3. A. 100000
4. D. ALL ABOVE
5. A.  MAY 28, 1830
6. B.  THE TRAIL OF TEARS
7. D.  SEVEN YEARS
8. A. GRANT INDIAN TRIBES UNSETTLED PRAIRIE LAND
9. A. Republican
10. A. Florida Indians
 
 
 
 

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