7.2
The Creek,Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, and
Choctaw are all called what?
The Five Civilized Tribes
How Native Americans and
Europeans lived in peace?
Thanksgiving
How did increased European settlement fuel conflicts between European settlers and Native Americans?
Settlers claimed land that natives had been living on.
Were Native Americans successful in assimilating into settler society?
No they were rejected.
Which Native American nation sold its land in the 1830s?
Choctaw or chickasaws
Which Group of Native Americans sheltered escaped slaves and fought to keep the U.S. Army out of Spanish territory?
Seminoles
Why was the Cherokee Nation's constitution discarded after originally being accepted by the U.S. Government?
In 1907 the U.S. government dissolved all tribal governments.
Which president did the Trail of Tears?
President Andrew Jackson
What state did the Trail of Tears end?
Oklahoma
Which Supreme Court established that the federal government had the sole right of negotiation with the Native American nations?
Worcester v. Georgia
Which Supreme Court decision ruled that Indian tribes were not sovereign nations?
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
In what case did the Supreme Court ruled that Native American tribes did not have to give
up their land involuntarily?
Johnson v. Mclntosh,
What was the first Indian tribe to be removed?
the Choctaw
What was a major reason for the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Supreme Court
What tribe adopted European customs?
The Seminole
How much land did the Five Civilized Tribes give up?
25 million acres of land to white settlement and to slavery.
What were the benefits of the Indian Removal Act?
to make westward expansion for Americans
easier.
What treaty did the Indian Removal Act violate?
Treaty of New Echota - 1835
Who was removed by the Trail of Tears?
the Cherokee
Who started the Trail of Tears?
Andrew Jackson