1.
In 1830, the _____ signed the first treaty to give up their land and move to the Indian Territory.
Cherokees
Chickasaws
Seminoles
Choctaws
The Seminoles, who lived in _____, were a combination of Creeks who had moved into the area, Native Americans from that state, and escaped African American slaves.
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
Believing they had no choice, most Native American leaders in the Southeast signed treaties giving up their lands in the 1820s and 1830s. They agreed to move west to what was called the Indian Territory in present-day _____.
Missouri
Mississippi
Tennessee
Oklahoma
In the Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Court declared that Georgia’s laws _____ within Cherokee territory.
“apply selectively”
“reign supreme”
“can have no force”
“could be repealed”
Who was responsible for the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
President Thomas Jefferson
President Andrew Jackson
President Martin Van Buren
Chief Justice John Marshall
4 answers
2.Georgia
3.Tennessee
4.apply selectively
5.President Andrew Jackson
2.Georgia - no
3.Tennessee - no
4.apply selectively no
5.President Andrew Jackson - yes
2 answers