Notebook Page 62- Indian Removal CRCT Review Questions

1. Who was the Creek leader in the Oconee War between the Creek and the Georgia pioneers?

2. Which treaty required the Creek to give up all their land east of the Oconee River?

3. Why was Chief William McIntosh murdered by his own people?

4. Who worked out the Treaty of Indian Springs, which ceded the last Creek lands in Georgia?

5. What was Sequoyah’s major contribution to the Cherokee culture?

6. How is a syllabary different from an alphabet?

7. What discovery led to the Cherokee losing their land in Georgia?

8. Describe the provisions in the laws that were passed after gold was found on Cherokee land.

9. In what part of the stream is gold found?

10. What is the tool used to pan for gold?

11. Who was the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court that ruled that Cherokee territory was not subject to state law?

12. Who was the chief of the Cherokee who took a petition to Congress protesting the Cherokee removal from their land?

13. Who disagreed with the governor of Georgia about his policy for the Cherokee?

14. When Andrew Jackson said “John Marshall has rendered his decision, now let him enforce it,” what did he mean?

15. What was the intent of the Indian Removal Act?

16. What were the two tribes in the Southeastern US that were affected by the Indian Removal Act?

17. Which treaty required the Creek to give up all their land east of the Oconee River?

18. Name 3 reasons the citizens of Georgia wanted the removal of the Cherokee from their land.

19. What is the name that the Cherokee removal from Georgia is remembered by?

20. The trails taken by the Indians ended in the Indian Territory, which is mainly in which present day state?