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Trail of Tears Chapter Quiz

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Trail of Tears Chapter Questions        -           14 possible points

 

Name:  ______________________________________

 

 The Long March

 

      Describe, in detail what the march was like.  (weather conditions, time of year, type of travel, etc.)  You must have at least four details in your description.  (4 points)

  

1.   _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

      _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

      _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

The Europeans

 

2.   Why were women important in the Indian culture?  (1 point)   

       _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

     

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

3.   Who was the first European the Cherokee met and when was that? (2 points)

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

4.   What was the “terrible blow” that the Europeans brought to the Cherokee?  (1 point)

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Battles and Treaties

 

5.   What did the treaties do to the Cherokee?  Describe the treaty that is mentioned in this chapter and what it was supposed to do.  (2 points)

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Becoming Civilized

 

6.   Why did Chief John Ross want the Cherokee to become “civilized” and adapt American customs?  (1 point)

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________


The Rush for Gold and Land

 

7.   Describe the “Georgia Compact of 1802” and the “Indian Removal Act of 1830.” (2 points)

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

   

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

     ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

     ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

The Final Resistance

 

8.   Who was the Treaty Party?  (1 point) _________________________________________________________________________

 

9.   Why did John Ross oppose the Treaty of New Echota? (1 point) _____________________________________________________

     

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

     

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 Before the March

 

10. Describe the life of the Cherokee in the stockades. (2 points) ______________________________________________________

 

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

The Trail of Tears

 

11. Why was the march called “The Trail of Tears”? (1 point)  __________________________________________________________

 

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

      ______________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Trail of Tears Chapter Questions -      Teacher Guide

 

The Long March

  

      Describe, in detail what the march was like.  (weather conditions, time of year, type of travel, etc.)  You must have at least four details in your description.  (4 points)

  

1.        By water and by land.  Elderly in slow moving wagons.  Several died along the way of disease.  Traveled through rain, snow, and

 

          bitter cold.

 

The Europeans

 

2.   Why were women important in the Indian culture?  (1 point) ___Because they served on the tribal councils and the family roots were traced through the mother’s relatives._____________________________________________________________

 

3.   Who was the first European the Cherokee met and when was that? (2 points) Hernado de Soto in 1540.

 

4.   What was the “terrible blow” that the Europeans brought to the Cherokee?  (1 point)  The smallpox epidemic

 

Battles and Treaties

  

5.   What did the treaties do to the Cherokee?  Describe the treaty that is mentioned in this chapter and what it was supposed to do.  (2 points)

  

      Took away more of their lands and Treaty of Hopewell in1785 – give the Cherokee__

      new land boundaries and pledged that Americans would not settle on these lands.___

  

Becoming Civilized

  

6.   Why did Chief John Ross want the Cherokee to become “civilized” and adapt American customs?  (1 point)

 

      Because he thought that if they lived more like the Americans, the U.S. government would leave them alone.

 

The Rush for Gold and Land

  

7.   Describe the “Georgia Compact of 1802” and the “Indian Removal Act of 1830.” (2 points)

  

      The Georgia Compact said that the state of Georgia could take away Cherokee lands and that the Cherokee could be removed.

 

     The Indian Removal Act took away all the Cherokee rights – couldn’t own land, mine for gold, speak in court against a white person, or hold political meetings.

  

The Final Resistance

  

8.   Who was the Treaty Party?  (1 point) Major Ridge, his son– John, and Elias Boudinot 

 

9.   Why did John Ross oppose the Treaty of New Echota? (1 point) Because it took away any freedom the Cherokee had left.  He said that they weren’t even part of the “human family” because of it.

  

Before the March 

 

10. Describe the life of the Cherokee in the stockades. (2 points) It was dirty & cramped.

      There was a lot of disease.  The soldiers would steal their food.  Women & children__

      were abused.__________________________________________________________

  

The Trail of Tears

  

11. Why was the march called “The Trail of Tears”? (1 point)  Because it was forced upon the Cherokee and many of the people cried

 

      because they were leaving their homeland.­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________________________________________

 

Trail of Tears

 

 

 

Comments (1)

Jody Kaplan said

at 8:27 am on Oct 20, 2008

This looks great! One change: 10. Describe the life of the Cherokee in the stockades? (2 points) This sentence should end with a period.

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