Question
Use the timeline to answer the question.
Date Event
late 1780s U.S. officials urged the Cherokee Nation in Georgia, the Choctaw Nation in Mississippi, and the Muscogee in the Southeast to abandon hunting and their traditional way of life to adopt a lifestyle similar to colonial society. Many accepted what the United States refers to as a “civilization program.”
1802 The Compact of 1802 was an agreement between the U.S. government and the State of Georgia. The U.S. government agreed to remove the Cherokee from the state of Georgia and Georgia agreed to give up its western lands.
1814 The Battle of Horshoe Bend ended the Creek War. This led to calls by Americans to remove the Muscogee from their eastern homelands.
1820 Using the Treaty of Doak’s Stand (the first treaty of its kind), the U.S. began removing the Choctaw Nation from Mississippi.
1830 The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was passed by Congress. This allowed the U.S. to negotiate treaties with eastern Indigenous peoples to move the groups west at the expense of the U.S. government.
1830 The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek called for the removal of the Choctaw from Mississippi.
1831 The U.S. removed the Choctaw Nation from Mississippi to Indian Territory, making the Choctaw the first of the southeastern Indigenous groups to be forcibly removed. The U.S. moved them to the state of Oklahoma.
1832 The Treaty of Cusseta ceded remaining Muscogee lands in Alabama to the U.S.
1835–1836 The Treaty of New Echota was signed by a small group of Cherokee, led by Major Ridge, which contained the agreement that the Cherokee would leave Georgia for Oklahoma. This treaty was not supported by Cherokee president John Ross or most of the Cherokee Nation, but it was used by the U.S. government to remove the Cherokee from Georgia.
1836 The U.S. forcefully removed 20,000 Muscogee from Alabama to Oklahoma.
1838 The U.S. began the forceful removal of the Cherokee Nation, called the “Trail of Tears.” Nearly 4,000–5,000 Cherokee died on the 800-mile march to Oklahoma.
Based on the timeline, what political decision eventually led to the U.S. removing the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Muscogee from the southeastern U.S.?(1 point)
Responses
the Indian Removal Act of 1830
the Indian Removal Act of 1830
the Treaty of New Echota
the Treaty of New Echota
the Treaty of Cusseta
the Treaty of Cusseta
the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Date Event
late 1780s U.S. officials urged the Cherokee Nation in Georgia, the Choctaw Nation in Mississippi, and the Muscogee in the Southeast to abandon hunting and their traditional way of life to adopt a lifestyle similar to colonial society. Many accepted what the United States refers to as a “civilization program.”
1802 The Compact of 1802 was an agreement between the U.S. government and the State of Georgia. The U.S. government agreed to remove the Cherokee from the state of Georgia and Georgia agreed to give up its western lands.
1814 The Battle of Horshoe Bend ended the Creek War. This led to calls by Americans to remove the Muscogee from their eastern homelands.
1820 Using the Treaty of Doak’s Stand (the first treaty of its kind), the U.S. began removing the Choctaw Nation from Mississippi.
1830 The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was passed by Congress. This allowed the U.S. to negotiate treaties with eastern Indigenous peoples to move the groups west at the expense of the U.S. government.
1830 The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek called for the removal of the Choctaw from Mississippi.
1831 The U.S. removed the Choctaw Nation from Mississippi to Indian Territory, making the Choctaw the first of the southeastern Indigenous groups to be forcibly removed. The U.S. moved them to the state of Oklahoma.
1832 The Treaty of Cusseta ceded remaining Muscogee lands in Alabama to the U.S.
1835–1836 The Treaty of New Echota was signed by a small group of Cherokee, led by Major Ridge, which contained the agreement that the Cherokee would leave Georgia for Oklahoma. This treaty was not supported by Cherokee president John Ross or most of the Cherokee Nation, but it was used by the U.S. government to remove the Cherokee from Georgia.
1836 The U.S. forcefully removed 20,000 Muscogee from Alabama to Oklahoma.
1838 The U.S. began the forceful removal of the Cherokee Nation, called the “Trail of Tears.” Nearly 4,000–5,000 Cherokee died on the 800-mile march to Oklahoma.
Based on the timeline, what political decision eventually led to the U.S. removing the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Muscogee from the southeastern U.S.?(1 point)
Responses
the Indian Removal Act of 1830
the Indian Removal Act of 1830
the Treaty of New Echota
the Treaty of New Echota
the Treaty of Cusseta
the Treaty of Cusseta
the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Answers
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The political decision that eventually led to the U.S. removing the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Muscogee from the southeastern U.S. was **the Indian Removal Act of 1830**.