Andrew Jackson
Who was president during the Indian Removal Act?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
True or False: Native Americans voluntarily agreed to leave their lands under this act.
What is False?
Approximately how many Native Americans died during the Trail of Tears?
What is Between 4,000 and 15,000?
One tribe resisted removal using small, surprise attacks. What is this type of fighting called?
What are Guerrilla tactics?
Name one of the “Five Civilized Tribes” affected by Indian Removal.
What are the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, or Seminole tribe(s)?
What was Jackson’s main reason for supporting removal of Native Americans?
What is to expand U.S. territory for settlement and economic growth?
DOUBLE POINTS: In what year was the Indian Removal Act passed?
What is 1830?
Name one hardship faced by Native Americans during the Trail of Tears.
What is Hunger, disease, exposure to cold, or exhaustion?
Which tribe was forced from ancestral lands in Georgia and Alabama?
What is the Creek tribe?
DOUBLE POINTS: Which tribe faced the first major removal under Jackson’s policies?
What is the Choctaw tribe?
Jackson forced Native Americans to move from their ancestral lands. What is this policy called?
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Jackson viewed Native Americans as obstacles to ...?
What is expansion and economic development?
DOUBLE POINTS: Thousands of Native Americans were forcibly relocated from their ancestral lands in the Southeast to this area, which is now a U.S. state.
What is present-day Oklahoma?
Psychological trauma and population decline had what type of effects on Native communities?
What are long-term effects?
Which tribe resisted removal in Florida using guerrilla tactics?
What is the Seminole tribe?