Indian Removal

Question 1

Many Indigenous people rejected the federal government’s policy of assimilation because they

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D: did not believe their cultures were inferior to White culture.

Question 2

After their removal, the Cherokee reached Indian Territory and moved onto land that

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A: is now part of present-day Oklahoma.

Question 3

Which did not occur as a result of the Indian Removal Act?

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B: New treaties were created with the federal government.

Question 4

Who supported the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830?

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A: Andrew Jackson

Question 5

Which best describes President Andrew Jackson’s policy around Indigenous people?

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B: President Jackson believed Indigenous people had to give up their territory to White settlers.

Question 6

Which man was Indigenous leader who encouraged the Shawnee to practice assimilation?

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A: Black Hoof

Question 7

Which best describes the Cherokee Nation today?

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C: They are the largest tribe in Oklahoma, and they are federally recognized and successful.

Question 8

Who was a proponent of the policy of assimilation in the early 1800s?

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B: President Jefferson

Question 9

What was the result of the 1831 US Supreme Court case Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?

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D: The Supreme Court held that the Cherokee could not sue as a foreign nation.

Question 10

Why did Georgia auction Cherokee land to settlers beginning in 1828?

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D: Prospectors wanted the land because gold had been found there.

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