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What caused the Native Americans to leave their homelands?
What caused the Native Americans to leave their homelands?
- The Native Americans voluntarily decided to move for better opportunities
- The federal government wanted to improve their living conditions
- The land was no longer suitable for agriculture
- White settlers needed the land for cotton cultivation (correct)
Where was the specially designated 'Indian Territory' located?
Where was the specially designated 'Indian Territory' located?
- Across the Mississippi River (correct)
- In Georgia and North Carolina
- In Tennessee and Alabama
- In the southeastern United States
What is the Trail of Tears?
What is the Trail of Tears?
- A deadly journey forced upon Native Americans to move to a designated area (correct)
- A path used by Native Americans for trade purposes
- A route taken by settlers to reach Indian territories
- A famous river in the southeastern United States
How many Native Americans remained in the southeastern United States by the end of the 1830s?
How many Native Americans remained in the southeastern United States by the end of the 1830s?
What did the federal government do to assist the Native Americans during their relocation?
What did the federal government do to assist the Native Americans during their relocation?
What was the primary motivation for the federal government's forced relocation of Native Americans from the southeastern United States in the 1830s?
What was the primary motivation for the federal government's forced relocation of Native Americans from the southeastern United States in the 1830s?
Which of the following best describes the journey that became known as the Trail of Tears?
Which of the following best describes the journey that became known as the Trail of Tears?
What was the approximate population of Native Americans living in the southeastern United States at the beginning of the 1830s?
What was the approximate population of Native Americans living in the southeastern United States at the beginning of the 1830s?
Where was the new Indian Territory located that the Native Americans were forced to relocate to?
Where was the new Indian Territory located that the Native Americans were forced to relocate to?
What happened to the vast majority of Native Americans living in the southeastern United States by the end of the 1830s?
What happened to the vast majority of Native Americans living in the southeastern United States by the end of the 1830s?
