True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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President Thomas Jefferson believed Native Americans were inferior to
whites.
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2.
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The Wichita tribe relocated from Northern Oklahoma to the southern Red River
Valley to escape the Apache.
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3.
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Andrew Jackson became the leader in the efforts to relocate the southeastern
tribes to the West.
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4.
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President Andrew Jackson favored permitting “civilized” tribes to
remain in the southeastern states.
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5.
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Sequoyah’s alphabet has symbols for words.
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6.
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The Seminole were the last of the Five Tribes to move to Indian
Territory.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The Origin of Earth
A Cherokee Myth
The earth is a
great island floating in a sea of water, and suspended at each of the four cardinal points by a cord
hanging down from the sky vault, which is of solid rock. When the world grows old and worn out, the
people will die and the chords will break and let the earth sink down into the ocean, and all will be
water again. The Indians are afraid of this. . . .
When
the animals and plants were first made--we do not know by whom--they were told to watch and keep
awake for seven nights. . . . They tried to do this, and nearly all were awake
through the first night, but the next night, several dropped off to sleep, and the third night,
others were asleep, and then others, until on the seventh night, of all the animals only the owl, the
panther, and one or two more were still awake. To these were given the power to see and go about in
the dark, and to make prey of the birds and animals which must sleep at night. Of the trees, only the
cedar, the pine, and spruce, the holly and the laurel were awake to the end, and to them it was given
to be always green and to be greatest for medicine, but to the others it was said: “Because you
have not endured to the end, you shall lose your hair every winter.”
Source: James
Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokee (Nashville: Charles and
Randy Elder, 1982), pp. 239-240. | |
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According to the Cherokee myth, how will the world end?
A) | The world will end in an explosion or fire. | B) | The world will end
when all creatures fall asleep. | C) | The world will end when all the Cherokee people
are gone. | D) | The world will end when the cords break and drop the world back into the
ocean. |
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2.
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What was unusual about the Battle of New Orleans?
A) | It was fought after the war ended. | B) | It was the decisive battle of the
war. | C) | It exposed the weakness of the U.S. navy. | D) | It resulted in the
British loss of the Mississippi River. |
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3.
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What issue was addressed in the Missouri Compromise?
A) | Native Americans | B) | roads and railroads | C) | slavery | D) | taxation |
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Which tribes had NOT moved into Oklahoma by the early 1800s?
A) | Comanche. | B) | Delaware. | C) | Kichai. | D) | Seminole. |
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What was the purpose for building Fort Towson?
A) | to protect nearby towns from Indian attacks | B) | to provide
protection for men building railroads | C) | to regulate trade between the Indians and
whites | D) | to establish a border between Oklahoma and Kansas |
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6.
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According to the map, all the trails along which the Native Americans were taken
ended in the Indian Territory, which was mainly in what present-day state?
A) | Arkansas | B) | Kansas | C) | Oklahoma | D) | Texas |
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What was George Guess’s major contribution to the Cherokee culture?
A) | the development of a syllabary | B) | the invention of a printing
press | C) | the preservation of native music | D) | the establishment of a yearly
festival |
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8.
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What was the name of the first Cherokee newspaper?
A) | Cherokee Daily News | B) | Cherokee Phoenix | C) | Cherokee
Times | D) | Cherokee Tribune |
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Who was a Choctaw chief during the period of their removal to Indian
Territory?
A) | John Coffee | B) | Greenwood Leflore | C) | Menawa | D) | John Ross |
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Matching
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Match the person with the phrase that describes each. A) | George Gaines | F) | Osceola | B) | Greenwood Leflore | G) | Major Ridge | C) | Chilly
McIntosh | H) | Chief John
Ross | D) | William McIntosh | I) | Montfort Stokes | E) | Chief Menawa | J) | George Troup |
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Supported the removal of the Cherokee to Indian Territory as a means of ending
ongoing harassment; signed Treaty of New Echota
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2.
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Creek chief who was killed after signing the Treaty of Indian Springs
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3.
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Chaired a commission to help Native Americans adapt to relocation
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4.
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Fought against Andrew Jackson in the First Creek Indian War
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Led Creek to Indian Territory
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