Quiz  /  Trail of Tears

  • 1. 
    Where were the Native American tribes forced to march during the Trail of Tears?

  • Arizona
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Oklahoma

  • 2. 
    What law was passed in 1830 that forced the tribes out of the Southern United States?

  • Indian Removal Act
  • Indian Civil Rights Act
  • Social Security Act
  • Homestead Act

  • 3. 
    True or False: Most Native Americans were excited to leave their homeland and go somewhere new.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE

  • 4. 
    What was the first tribe that was forced to leave the South in 1831?

  • Navajo
  • Cree
  • Sioux
  • Choctaw

  • 5. 
    How much did the U.S. pay for the homeland of the Cherokee people?

  • $250,000
  • $8,000
  • $5 million
  • $50

  • 6. 
    What general led the soldiers who forced the Cherokee off their land?

  • Winfield Scott
  • Robert E. Lee
  • George Washington
  • Ulysses S. Grant

  • 7. 
    Around how many Cherokee people died during the Trail of Tears?

  • 75
  • 600
  • 4,000
  • 12,000

  • 8. 
    What U.S. president convinced some Cherokee leaders to sign a treaty selling their land?

  • Andrew Jackson
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • William Henry Harrison
  • John Adams

  • 9. 
    Around how many Choctaw people were forced to leave their homeland?

  • 17,000
  • 3,000
  • 700
  • 1,400

  • 10. 
    True or False: Much of the new land promised the Native Americans was later taken away by the U.S. government.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE
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