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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was a Supreme Court decision that did not support the ___ Indians’ rights to their land.
a) Lakota
b) Cherokee
c) Inuit
d) Pueblo

The American Indian Removal Act authorized the federal government to negotiate treaties with ____ tribes exchanging their lands for land in the West.
a) eastern
b) western
c) northern
d) southern

The discovery of ___ on American Indian land in the southern United States eventually led to the removal of the Cherokee Indians in Georgia.
a) silver
b) mountains
c) gold
d) water

As part of the American Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation and other tribes were forced to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River and to relocate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. What event is this?
a) Trail of Tears
b) Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)
c) Manifest Destiny
d) American Indian Removal Act

In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey --
a) Trail of Tears
b) American Indian Removal Act
c) Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
d) westward expansion

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was a Supreme Court decision that did not support the Cherokee Indians’ rights to their ___.
a) Food
b) Land
c) Children
d) Treaties

The _______ Act authorized the federal government to negotiate treaties with eastern tribes exchanging their lands for land in the West.
a) American Indian Entrance
b) United States
c) Cherokee Nation
d) American Indian Removal

American Indians _____ with United States settlers and the United States government during westward expansion.
a) got along with
b) clashed
c) worked with
d) lived in peace

The discovery of gold on American Indian land in the southern United States eventually led to the removal of the ____ Indians in Georgia.
a) Cherokee
b) Plains
c) Iroquois
d) Blackfoot

“Trail of Tears”—As part of the American Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation and other tribes were forced to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River and to relocate to an area in present-day ____.
a) Georgia
b) Michigan
c) Minnesota
d) Oklahoma

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