American History
What was the forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma in the 1830s called?
What is the Trail of Tears?
What U.S. president signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830, leading to the forced relocation of Native American tribes, including the Cherokee, from their ancestral homelands?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
How many Native American tribes were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears?
What are Five? (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole)
What devastating event during the Trail of Tears resulted in the death of many Native Americans?
What is the infamous forced march known as the "Trail of Tears"?
What country did the forced relocation of the Native American tribes from their ancestral homelands during the Trail of Tears resemble in terms of scale and brutality?
What is the forced relocation of ethnic groups and indigenous peoples by colonial powers such as the British Empire or the Spanish Empire?
What was the Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia, which was decided in 1832, about and what was its significance for the Trail of Tears?
What is the case that held that the Cherokee Nation was a sovereign nation entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments, and was significant for the Trail of Tears as it was ignored by President Andrew Jackson and the U.S. government?
What was the name of the Indian leader who, in a speech to the U.S. Senate in 1830, famously stated, "We have been robbed of nearly all our lands, driven from our homes, and are becoming extinct"?
Who is Chief John Ross?
What was the role of the U.S. military in the forced relocation of the Native American tribes during the Trail of Tears?
What was their role as the enforcers of Indian Removal?
How many Native Americans are estimated to have died as a result of the forced relocations during the Trail of Tears?
What is approximately 4,000?
What European colonial power was responsible for relocating the Maori people from their ancestral lands in New Zealand in the mid-19th century?
What is the British Empire?
Who was the leader of the Cherokee Nation who led the resistance against Indian Removal and is often referred to as the "John Brown of the Cherokee"?
Who is John Ross?
What was the name of the forced relocation of the Choctaw Nation from their ancestral homelands in Mississippi to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma, which was carried out from 1831 to 1833 and was the first of the forced relocations of the "Five Civilized Tribes"?
What is the Choctaw Trail of Tears?
What was the name of the disease that struck the Cherokee during the Trail of Tears and is estimated to have killed thousands?
What is smallpox?
What disease was a leading cause of death for Native Americans during the forced relocation along the Trail of Tears?
What is dysentery?
What African country experienced a mass forced relocation of its population during the colonial period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
What is the Congo?
What treaty, signed in 1835, marked the end of the Treaty Party's attempts to resist Indian Removal and set the stage for the Trail of Tears?
What is the Treaty of New Echota?
What was the name of the group of Cherokee who, in opposition to Indian Removal, formed a resistance movement and tried to assimilate into white American culture in order to hold onto their ancestral lands?
Who are the Cherokee "Treaty Party"?
What was the name of the U.S. Indian agent who was responsible for the implementation of Indian Removal and is often referred to as the "architect of the Trail of Tears"?
Who is John Campbell?
What year was the Trail of Tears designated as a National Historic Trail by the U.S. Congress?
What is 1987?
What Southeast Asian country experienced a mass forced relocation of its population during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a result of colonial rule and war?
What is Vietnam?
What was the name of the 1,200-mile long route taken by the Cherokee during the Trail of Tears, which passed through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma?
What is the "Northern Route" or the "Water Route"?
What was the name of the Indian leader who, in opposition to Indian Removal, formed a resistance movement, led his people in the Second Creek War of 1836, and signed the Treaty of Washington in 1846, ceding Creek lands in Alabama and Georgia to the U.S. government?
Who is William McIntosh?
What was the name of the U.S. government program, established in 1824, that sought to "civilize" Native American tribes by converting them to Christianity and teaching them to adopt European-American culture, agriculture, and industry?
What is the Civilization Fund Act?
What year was the first observance of National Trail of Tears Awareness Day by the U.S. Congress?
What is 1987?
What Caribbean island nation experienced a mass forced relocation of its indigenous population during the colonial period in the 16th century?
What is Haiti?