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How did the US government react to the Supreme Court’s finding in Worcester v. Georgia?

A
The US government illegally forced Indigenous people to move off their lands.
B
The US government appealed the decision and won a ruling in its favor.
C
The US government tried to purchase Cherokee territory for a steep price.
D
The US government pressured tribes into signing treaties accepting removal.
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What was the cause of most conflicts between US troops and Indigenous people in the 1800s?

A
US exploration of Indigenous lands
B
US attempts to trade with Indigenous people
C
American settlement on Indigenous lands
D
American efforts to capture enslaved people who escaped
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In the late 1700s, the Cumberland Gap made it easier for settlers to

A
cross the Appalachian Mountains.
B
travel down the Atlantic coast.
C
explore the southern Mississippi River.
D
fight the Seminole in Florida.
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How did Indigenous people react to American settlers in the late 1700s and early 1800s?

A
Most Indigenous people lived west of the Appalachians, so settlement had little effect on them.
B
Settlement affected Indigenous people very little, but they resented the arrival of explorers.
C
The two groups were trading partners, so both sides lived in peaceful coexistence.
D
American settlers and Indigenous people often clashed as settlement spread across the West during that era.
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Why did the state of Georgia begin auctioning off Cherokee land in 1828?

A
Prospectors wanted to mine for gold on Cherokee territory.
B
Prospectors wanted to mine for gold on Cherokee territory.
C
Georgians wanted to set up cotton plantations on the land.
D
Georgians wanted to set up cotton plantations on the land.
E
The Cherokee were harboring enslaved people who escaped.
F
The Cherokee were harboring enslaved people who escaped.
G
American settlers had begun to cross the Appalachians.
H
American settlers had begun to cross the Appalachians.
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Indigenous resistance in the Ohio River Valley ended with

A
the Treaty of Greenville.
B
Tecumseh’s death.
C
the Battle of Tippecanoe.
D
Sequoyah’s death.
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By 1820, most Indigenous nations east of the Mississippi River

A
were living side by side with settlers in peace.
B
were living side by side with settlers in peace.
C
had moved east to the Atlantic coast.
D
had moved east to the Atlantic coast.
E
had been defeated by the US military.
F
had been defeated by the US military.
G
had won most battles against the US military.
H
had won most battles against the US military.
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According to the US Supreme Court ruling in Worcester v. Georgia,

A
states could impose their laws on and negotiate with Indigenous tribes.
B
only the federal government could negotiate treaties with Indigenous nations.
C
Indigenous tribes were not sovereign nations and could not file suits.
D
Indigenous tribes must accept any treaty offered by the US government.
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Who led troops to victory at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Indiana Territory?

A
Andrew Jackson
B
Daniel Boone
C
Little Turtle
D
William Henry Harrison
10

During the late 1700s, the Wilderness Road led to the settlement of

A
Kentucky.
B
the Northwest.
C
the Southwest.
D
Florida.
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In 1795, the Treaty of Greenville

A
enabled the United States to acquire Oregon Country.
B
gave much of present-day Ohio to the United States.
C
ended American settlement in the Ohio River Valley.
D
established a confederacy of Indigenous tribes.
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On what grounds did the US Supreme Court refuse to hear the 1831 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia case?

A
The court declared that Georgia was right to auction off Cherokee land.
B
The court did not believe it had jurisdiction over matters involving states’ rights.
C
The court did not recognize the Cherokee tribe as a sovereign nation.
D
The court stated that the Cherokee had signed a treaty to give up their lands.

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