Quiz on Americans Push West - The Trail of Tears

1. A Cherokee named Click to select Sitting Bull Tecumseh Pontiac Sequoyah made an alphabet for his language.

2. In 1828 an Indian newspaper called the Click to select River Phoenix Tomahawk Cherokee Phoenix was published in Georgia.

3. In 1802 President Click to select Jackson Van Buren Harrison Tyler had a "removal Bill" introduced in Congress.

4. The bill said that all Cherokee Indians would Click to select pay taxes move to reservations in Oklahoma live in the fort

5. All contracts between the Indians and white people were Click to select enforced canceled .

6. Chief of the Cherokees named John Ross took his case to the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Click to select agreed disagreed with the Indians.

7. Click to select The soldiers President Jackson The people living in Georgia refused to obey the court and the Indians were removed from their homes.

8. In May of 1838 Click to select 10,000 20,000 30,000 American troops were sent to Georgia to remove the Cherokees from the land they had lived on as long as anyone could remember.

9. Click to select Many A few Indians died on the trip to Oklahoma.