Chapter 11, Section 2

Question 0

Indian Territory

Answer 0

A territory in present- day Oklahoma where the Native Americans were supposed to live peacefully

Question 1

Indian Removal Act

Answer 1

An act that relocated the Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River and made an Indian Territory in present- day Oklahoma

Question 2

Cherokee Nation

Answer 2

A Native American tribe that had treaties with Georgia to keep their land but gold was found there and they were forced off their land to walk on the Trail of Tears

Question 3

“Worcester v. Georgia”

Answer 3

A Supreme Court case in which John Marshall said that Georgia cannot invade Cherokee land because of the treaties made between them

Question 4

Jackson’s response

Answer 4

He disagreed and said,”John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.” which means that Jackson is ignoring the Supreme Court

Question 5

General Winfield Scott

Answer 5

A general sent by Andrew Jackson to remove Cherokee and force them to walk to Oklahoma

Question 6

Trail of Tears

Answer 6

A march that the Cherokee were forced to walk that killed 1/4 of the tribe and went in all kinds of conditions

Question 7

Black Hawk

Answer 7

The chief of the Sauk and Fox tribes who led them back to Illinois from the reservations to recapture their land because they believed they had been tricked by the federal government but were chased away by federal and state troops

Question 8

Sauk and Fox

Answer 8

Two Native Americans tribes that were led by Black Hawk and agreed to march but when they got there, they were annoyed with the bad land there so they went back to Illionois to recapture their land but were chased away by the federal and state troops

Question 9

Seminole

Answer 9

A Native American tribe in Florida that successfully resisted the Americans, joined with runaway slaves, used guerrilla tactics to defeat the Americans, ambushed soldiers led by Major Francis Drake, and ended up keeping their land

Question 10

Guerrilla tactics

Answer 10

The strategy used by the Seminole against the Americans that the Americans weren’t ready for

Question 11

Osceola

Answer 11

The Seminole chief who was captured trying to make treaties with the Americans

Question 12

Francis Dade

Answer 12

An American Major who was ambushed by the Seminole so only a few of his soldiers survived

Question 13

Dade Massacre

Answer 13

A massacre in which Major Francis Dade’s soldiers were ambushed so all but a few of his soldiers survived