Indian Removal / Trail of Tears
Name the main tribe kicked out of it's homeland by the U.S. government in 1830.
Who is the Cherokee?
Were voting rights expanded or shrinking during Andrew Jackson's time as president?
What is expanding?
What state threatened to leave the U.S. as a result of high tariffs passed by Andrew Jackson?
What is South Carolina?
What neighborhood in Boston is Mr. Wood from?
Who is the president who was largely responsible for the Indian Removal Act?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
What new group of the American population was now allowed to vote during Jackson's presidency?
What is poor white men?
What is a tariff?
What is a tax on foreign goods?
What jobs has Mr. Wood had in the past?
What is pizza delivery driver, fishmonger, Polo Ralph Lauren worker, teacher.
What state were Native Americans sent to following the Trail of Tears?
What is Oklahoma?
Who got government positions in Andrew Jackson's cabinet thanks to the Spoils System?
What is Andrew Jackson's friends and supporters?
Which region of the United States was most negatively affected by the high tariffs passed by Andrew Jackson?
What is the South?
What is Mr. Wood's favorite type of sneaker?
What is Nike Air Max?
What modern-day state did the Cherokee people originally come from?
What is Georgia?
Andrew Jackson's cabinet was often made up of professionals with this type of background.
What is media/journalism?
There were four main arguments that Jackson made against the Bank of the United States. What were two of them?
What is foreign investors, only benefit the rich, not democratic, holds too much power.
What college did Mr. Wood go to?
What is the University of Massachusetts, Boston
Out of roughly 15,000 Cherokee forced to walk the Trail of Tears, approximately how many perished (died) during the long journey?
What is 5,000 (1/3rd)?
What are two things about Andrew Jackson that made him a "man of the people".
What is grew up poor, had a military career, stuck up for poor white Americans?
True of false? If you were a relatively poor person in the United States at the time of Andrew Jackson, it was likely that you would be able to get a loan from the Bank of the United States to start your own business.
What is false?
What kind of a car does Mr. Wood drive?
What is a 2016 Mercedes-Benz C-300?