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In the early 1800s, the Cherokee began to face enormous pressures to cede [give up] all of their traditional homelands in the East and move to other lands far away, west of the Mississippi River. The Cherokee people tried many strategies to avoid removal.
The Cherokee people:
A. did not take action to resist removal
B. were happy to leave their traditional homelands and move West of the Mississippi River
C. tried many strategies to resist removal

2. Prior to removal ___% of the Cherokees were literate in reading and writing
A. 90
B. 50
C. 10

3. Complete the following sentence:
In the late (1820s/1790s), the state of Georgia passed "harassment laws" that (restricted/increased/protected) what the Cherokees were allowed to do on their own lands.

4. Which U.S. President signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830
Andrew Johnson
Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams

5. Which of the following statements about the Treaty of New Echota are true?
A. The majority of the Cherokee agreed that the treaty was fair and valid
B. The U.S. Government ratified the treaty
C. The signers DID have a legal right to represent the Cherokee Nation
D. The signers did NOT have a legal right to represent the Cherokee Nation

6. The Cherokee took their case (Worcester vs. Georgia) to the U.S. Supreme Court, who ruled that:
A. the Cherokee Nation had a right to their land, and the State of Georgia should not try to take it.
B. the State of Georgia had a legal right to the Cherokee's land, and could force them to relocate

7. True or False: President Andrew Jackson refused to support the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Worcester vs. Georgia.

1 answer

  1. C. tried many strategies to resist removal

  2. A. 90

  3. In the late 1820s, the state of Georgia passed "harassment laws" that restricted what the Cherokees were allowed to do on their own lands.

  4. Andrew Jackson

  5. D. The signers did NOT have a legal right to represent the Cherokee Nation
    B. The U.S. Government ratified the treaty

  6. A. the Cherokee Nation had a right to their land, and the State of Georgia should not try to take it.

  7. True