Trail of Tears - mass relocation of American Indians - Test
- 1. Which president signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, leading to the Trail of Tears?
A) James Madison
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Andrew Jackson
D) Thomas Jefferson
- 2. Which Native American tribe was forcibly relocated along the Trail of Tears?
A) Iroquois
B) Sioux
C) Navajo
D) Cherokee
- 3. What was the destination of the Cherokee people during the Trail of Tears?
A) Texas
B) New York
C) Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)
D) California
- 4. What act was passed by Congress to provide for the resettlement of Native Americans west of the Mississippi?
A) Indian Removal Act
B) Social Security Act
C) Emancipation Proclamation
D) Homestead Act
- 5. Which state was the starting point for the forced march of Native Americans during the Trail of Tears?
A) Texas
B) Georgia
C) Florida
D) New York
- 6. Which Supreme Court case ruled in favor of the Cherokee Nation, but was ignored by President Jackson leading to the Trail of Tears?
A) Plessy v. Ferguson
B) Marbury v. Madison
C) Dred Scott v. Sandford
D) Worcester v. Georgia
- 7. What was the name of the forced relocation of Native Americans from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory?
A) Freedom March
B) Trail of Tears
C) Gold Rush
D) Manifest Destiny
- 8. Who was the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation who resisted the forced relocation?
A) John Ross
B) Sitting Bull
C) Crazy Horse
D) Chief Joseph
- 9. Which military officer was responsible for overseeing the removal of the Cherokee people during the Trail of Tears?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Robert E. Lee
C) Winfield Scott
D) George Custer
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