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Because of land lotteries in Georgia, the Creek Indians
a) were displaced from their homes and land
b) moved west to escape the rule of the government
c) enjoyed great wealth after moving to gold-rich areas
d) were forced into signing contracts with the government
Under whose presidency did the Trail of Tears begin?
a) James Buchanan
b) Winfield Scott
c) Andrew Jackson
d) John Marshall
Following the agreement that was reached in the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825, Chief William McIntosh lost his life. Why did this happen?
a) He was betrayed by rival American Indians who wanted the land he had received.
b) Creek leaders executed McIntosh because he made the agreement without their consent.
c) McIntosh died of Yellow Fever as a result of being forced to march on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma.
d) The US Government captured and executed him for violating the treaty just weeks after it was signed.
The agreement that gave Cherokee land to the whites is known as..
a) The Treaty of Indian Springs
b) The Treaty of Versailles
c) Treaty of New Echota
d) Treaty Party
Which Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to take tribal lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson?
a) Plessy v. Ferguson
b) Worcester v. Georgia
c) Fletcher v. Peck
d) Tinker v. Des Moines
This person created the Cherokee alphabet. Who is it?
a) Tomochichi
b) Sequoyah
c) Major Ridge
d) John Ross
The Treaty of Indian Springs (1825) and the Treaty of New Echota (1835) were similar in that each
a) it was a direct cause of the Dahlonega Gold Rush
b) was an attempt to ease conflict between slaveholders and non-slaveholders
c) resulted in the loss of American Indian land holdings in the Southeastern US.
d) demonstrated the power of the Supreme Court in matters dealing with Indian removal.
William McIntosh was a key figure in the removal of the ___________ from Georgia.
a) Cherokee
b) Seminole
c) Navajo
d) Creek
The Second Treaty of ________ ________ was signed by Chief William McIntosh giving what was left of Creek territory to the state of Georgia.
a) Creek Indians
b) Indian Springs
c) Indian Falls
d) Horseshoe Bend
What was the name of the official Cherokee newspaper, that was published in both English and Cherokee?
a) The Cherokee Star
b) The Cherokee Standard
c) The Cherokee Phoenix
d) The Cherokee Times
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