Indigenous Peoples Removal

Question 1

Who was the Pan-Indian chief who delivered a speech to unite all Indigenous Peoples in 1811

Answer 1

Tecumseh

Question 2

What is the name of the term that describes an Indigenous person that is not associated with any particular tribe?

Answer 2

Pan-Indian

Question 3

Who was Andrew Jackson’s first vice president?

Answer 3

John C. Calhoun

Question 4

Who was the president of 1838?

Answer 4

Martin Van Buren

Question 5

What year was Andrew Jackson elected president?

Answer 5

1828

Question 6

Who was the Sauk leader that attempted to reclaim ancestral land in Illinois in 1832?

Answer 6

Black Hawk

Question 7

Who were the Five Civilized Tribes?

Answer 7

Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, & Seminole

Question 8

What did the Cherokee excel in more than any Indigenous Peoples group?

Answer 8

Assimilating

Question 9

It was ruled Indigenous Peoples only had a “right of occupancy” on their land in what Supreme Court case?

Answer 9

Johnson vs M’Intosh (1823)

Question 10

_____ _____ _____ _____ wrote decisions in Supreme Court cases

Answer 10

Chief Justice John Marshall

Question 11

In the Supreme Court case “Johnson vs M’Intosh”, Native Americans were ruled not as farmers but as _________ and ________.

Answer 11

Hunters & nomads

Question 12

In what Supreme Court case were Indigenous Peoples labeled as “wards” of their lands?

Answer 12

Cherokee Nation vs Georgia (1831)

Question 13

In the Supreme Court Case “Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia”, it was ruled Indigenous Peoples deserved ______ _____ and ______ ________ _______

Answer 13

Paternal regard; Lacked citizenship rights

Question 14

An important office in the Cherokee government was that of the _______, as they made decisions of war and peace.

Answer 14

“Ghigau” or Beloved Women

Question 15

In what Supreme Court case were Indigenous Tribes recognized as nations?

Answer 15

Worcester vs. Georgia (1832)

Question 16

As president in 1838, ________ ___ ______ forced 18,000 Cherokee men, women, and children on a removal route known as the _____ __ ______.

Answer 16

Martin Van Buren; Trail of Tears

Question 17

By forcing Indigenous Peoples off their lands and leaving them with little resources, this can be interpreted as ________.

Answer 17

Genocide

Question 18

Due to what the U.S. has already done to the land of Indigenous Peoples, Jeremiah Evarts argues that…

Answer 18

It is no longer the land their ancestors lived upon.

Question 19

Since Indigenous Peoples were not acknowledged as citizens of the US, in their Supreme Court case, they were not granted…..

Answer 19

The 6th Amendment quick and speedy trial.

Question 20

When Andrew Jackson won the election of 1824, but the House of Reps elected John Q. Adams as president, this was denounced as ___ ________ _______

Answer 20

The Corrupt Bargain

Question 21

Washington’s solution in dealing with Indian affairs was to ______.

Answer 21

Assimilate

Question 22

The name of the Cherokee man who led the retaliation and moved beyond the Mississippi in 1794 is _______.

Answer 22

Diwa’li (John Bowles)

Question 23

The Cherokee Nation was shrunk and constricted until is was made up of small portions of land in….

Answer 23

North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, & Georgia

Question 24

Which southern state still claimed substantial lands in the west? And after ceding their land, what states were formed?

Answer 24

Georgia; Alabama & Mississippi

Question 25

After the land-cession treaty in 1817, How could the head of a Cherokee household remain in on their land?

Answer 25

By renouncing his citizenship in the Cherokee Nation

Question 26

Chief Yonaguska (Drowning Bear) renounced his Cherokee citizenship to protect what sacred site of the Cherokee?

Answer 26

Kituwah Mound

Question 27

After the discovery of gold In Georgia, a law was passed ruling what?

Answer 27

Cherokee were folding from mining gold in their own territory.

Question 28

The enactment to require any whites working in the Cherokee Nation to take out a license from Georgia or be imprisoned was targeted at who?

Answer 28

Missionaries & Teachers

Question 29

_______ ______ sued for a writ of habeas because he took out a license from Georgia but was still imprisoned.

Answer 29

Samuel Worcester

Question 30

The Cherokees who favored cutting a Removal death with the United States were known the _____ ______.

Answer 30

Ridge faction/Treaty Party

Question 31

The lottery winners in Georgia’s lottery giving away Indigenous Peoples lands were known as whom?

Answer 31

The Fortunate Drawers

Question 32

Who was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Indians?

Answer 32

John Ross