Government Branches
American Indians and Westward Expansion 1
American Indians and Westward Expansion 2
American Indians and Land
100

The branch of government that was responsible for deciding if the Indian Removal Act was legal

Judicial Branch

100

The greatest impact of the westward expansion on American Indians.

American Indians were forced to relocate west of the Mississippi River. 

100

the change that was required by the Indian Removal Act of 1830

All American Indians living in the Southeastern United States must resettle west of the Mississippi River.

100

the major battle that was fought between the American Indians and the U.S. Army when the American Indians resisted being forced onto reservations

the Battle of Little Big Horn

200

The branch of government that wrote and passed the Indian Removal Act.

Legislative Branch

200

The way of life of the American Indians is called

Culture

200

the event where the Cherokee Indians were made to leave their homes during winter, forced to march from North Carolina to Oklahoma, and died from starvation and freezing temperatures was called

the trail of tears

200

the statement "Relocation is good because the U.S. citizens will make better use of the land than the American Indian people" best reflects what

the perspective of the former U.S President Andrew Jackson regarding the relocation of the American Indian People

300

The branch of Government that enforced the Indian Removal Act

Executive Branch

300

The scarcity of which resource caused the most problems between the American Indian people and the U.S. settlers.

land

300

where American settlers did not approve of American Indians' culture, wanted American Indians' land in the Southeast for farming, and discovered gold in Georgia on land occupied by American Inidans describe the causes of what

the American Indians relocation in the 1800's

300

the dry desolate Great Plains because the land was unwanted by settlers

where and why the American Indian reservations was established