USI.8c Effects Of Westward Expansion On American Indians Question Preview (ID: 46701)
Effects Of Westward Expansion On American Indians.
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The Indian Removal Act was passed because___.
a) The Indians wanted to remove white settlers from their land
b) Natives wished to sell their land to the US government at a high price
c) Gold was found on Native American territory
d) Native Americans refused to follow US laws
The Indian Removal Act authorized the federal government to ___.
a) negotiate treaties with eastern tribes to exchange their land for new land in the west
b) move Natives from the west to new locations in the east
c) divide Native land among tribes equally
d) sell Native American land to European countries
What did the American Indian Removal Act force the Native tribes to do?
a) surrender all gold found on Native land
b) give up Native land east of the Mississippi River and relocate to present-day Oklahoma
c) pay the US government for damages caused by raids
d) become American citizens in order to keep their existing land
What did the Cherokee tribe do after the Indian Removal Act was passed?
a) decided to stand their ground and wage war for the rights to their land
b) took their case to the Supreme Court
c) made plans to move further east
d) nothing
In the Cherokee Nation v. Georgia case__.
a) the Supreme Court said Native Americans did not have the right to sue states
b) the Seminoles sued the government to pay for the costs of moving West
c) the Supreme Court agreed to give the Natives back all of the land claimed by America
d) the Lakota fought the government of Georgia to stay on their land
After bringing two cases before the Supreme Court, the Cherokee were still forced to relocate to the West because ___.
a) President Andrew Jackson failed to enforce the Supreme Court's decision to support the Natives' rights to their land
b) the Court sided with the people of Georgia
c) they saw the benefits of moving to Oklahoma
d) the land was no longer available in Georgia
What did the Cherokee people call the 800+ mile march to the Oklahoma territory?
a) The Trail of Sorrows
b) The Long March to Oklahoma
c) The Trail of Tears
d) The Oklahoma Disaster
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Trail of Tears on the Cherokee people?
a) hunger and disease
b) exhaustion
c) the death of over 4,000
d) increased rights for Native Americans
What was the result of the Worcester v. Georgia Supreme Court Case?
a) the Supreme Court ruled that only the National Government had the power to take or purchase land from the Native Americans
b) The Supreme Court dismissed the case because they said the Cherokee tribe was not a “foreign nation” and could not sue states
c) Worcester was found guilty of trespassing on Cherokee land
d) President Andrew Jackson returned the claimed land to the Natives
Which Supreme Court case tried to stop Georgia from writing laws that would take away Native American land?
a) Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
b) Worcester v. Georgia
c) Georgia v. Native Tribes
d) Georgia v. the United States
American Indians clashed with settlers and the United States government during _____.
a) westward expansion
b) the Revolutionary War
c) eastern Migration
d) the War of 1812
What was a significant effect of the Trail of Tears on the Native American population?
a) Rise in tribal population
b) They were granted more land by the US government
c) Increase in wealth and resources
d) Massive population decrease due to forced removal and harsh conditions
After the American Indian Removal Act of 1830 Georgia began to write laws that would take land from the ___.
a) white settlers who took Native American lands
b) Cherokee Nation
c) Seminole Tribe
d) Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribal Nations
The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, during the presidency of ___, who signed it into law two days later.
a) Andrew Jackson
b) Martin VanBuren
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) James Monroe
Under the American Indian Removal Act, American Indian tribes in the east could be asked to exchange their land in the east for land in what is now _____.
a) Oklahoma
b) Florida
c) Georgia
d) Texas
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