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Indian Removal
Chapter 7-9 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were the Indians who wanted to change from the old ways? | Progressives |
| What was the most important event for Southeastern Indians, the purpose was to restore harmony? | Green Corn Ceremony |
| Who are the Five Tribes? | Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw |
| Who were the Indians that resisted cultural change? | Traditionalists |
| What is a system of written characters representing syllables, such as the one Sequoyah developed? | Syllabary |
| What are diseases, such as smallpox, measles, etc., that affects a very large number of individuals within a population or community at the same time | Epidemic Diseases |
| What is trading goods for other goods? | Barter |
| What is a change in a group’s customs and habits by adapting to or borrowing those of another people? | Acculturation |
| This is a political unit centered in a village and covering several square miles. | Chiefdom |
| Another name for change in residence or resettlement | Removal |
| What is money paid in yearly amounts over a certain period of time? | Annuity |
| This is a person who moves OUT of his or her home region or country | Emigrant |
| What is the name of the mounted police used by the Choctaws? | Lighthorse |
| What is the word for basic food and clothing needs? | Subsistence |
| What is the name of the mounted highly-decorated infantry sent by the Stokes Commission to impress western Indians? | Dragoons |
| What is is called to be absorbed into, or made part of a different society or culture? | Assimilation |
| This is an assignment of land to an individual, up to a square mile in size | Allotment |
| What are buildings, roads, and other additions to land that increase the value of the land? | Improvements |
| What is the name of the riverboat that can go upstream, propelled by a steam-driven paddle wheel | Stern-wheelers |
| Which division of government ADMINISTERS the laws? | Executive Branch |
| Which division of government INTERPRETS the laws? | Judicial Branch |
| What is the name of the document listing the people’s powers of free action that government cannot interfere with? | Bill of Rights |
| This is land set aside for Indian tribes to live on | Reservation |
| Which division of government MAKES the laws? | Legislative Branch |
| What is the name of a conflict that involves revenge killings? | Blood Feud |
| What is a large religious congregation called (example: Baptist, Methodist)? | Denomination |
| How did the US government initially treat the Indian nations? | Like sovereign nations |
| Which organization was in charge of supervising Indian affairs? | Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| What was the goal of the US government before removal? | Transform the Indians to be more "white" |
| What were some of the ways the Indians tried to be like the white settlers? | Converted to Christianity, learned English, ate meals at regular times, dressed in proper clothes, farmed |
| Why were the progressives willing to accept acculturation? | They thought it would make them seem more "civilized" and preserve their tribal independence |
| Where did the Five Tribes live? | Southeastern U.S. |
| Who owned the households? | The women |
| What were the two plans that Jefferson had for the Indians? | Assimilation and Removal |
| What did the southeastern Indians do after a person died? | Shouted and danced so that the ghost would be frightened and go in the sky |
| Why did the Choctaws show loyalty to both France and Spain? | The showed allegiance to whoever was in charge of New Orleans |
| What did Jefferson purchase with the hopes of moving Indians there? | Louisiana Territory |
| How did the Osage view the new tribes coming into their territory? | As intruders/enemies |
| Which president hoped the Indians would leave their land voluntarily because he found removal "revolting"? | James Monroe |
| Which Creek Indian was murdered for signing a treaty for removal? | William McIntosh |
| What was the name of the law Jackson signed to allow for forceful removal of Native Americans? | Indian Removal Act |
| Who was the first tribe to be removed? | Choctaw |
| . In what decade did these removals take place? | 1830s |
| Which Cherokee signed a treaty in favor of removal, angering a large portion of his tribe? | Major Ridge |
| What percentage of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears? | 13% |
| What was the name of the commission that Jackson sent to Oklahoma to oversee Indian affairs? | Stokes Commission |
| Did people travel through Oklahoma or to Oklahoma? | THROUGH |
| The Native Americans were the first Oklahomans to write a what? | Constitution |
| What are the three branches of government in the Choctaw Constitution? | Legislative, Judicial, Executive |
| Which tribe engaged in a blood feud for 7 years while in Oklahoma? | Cherokee |
| What prominent Cherokee put an end to the blood feud? | Sequoyah |
| How was slavery different in Oklahoma compared to the southeast states? | They were treated much better by their Indian owners, given land to cultivate and married Indian women. |
| Which two rivers were the only 2 that were consistently deep enough to travel by boat? | Red and Arkansas |
| What were the two main trails that went through Oklahoma? | California Trail and Butterfield Overland Mail Route |
| What did Alfred Wright organize in Oklahoma? | The oldest church in Oklahoma |
| What was unique about some of the females that came to Oklahoma in the 1830s? | They were unmarried teachers, willing to brave a new land to teach. |
| What was different about the Cherokee schools? | They were not built by religious groups but rather by the Cherokees themselves |
| What tribe signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit? | Choctaw |
| What tribe signed the Treaty of Pontotoc? | Chickasaw |
| What tribe signed the Treaty of New Echota? | Cherokee |
| What tribe signed the Treaty of Washington? | Creeks |
| What tribe signed the Treaty of Payne's Landing? | Seminoles |
| In what region did the Cherokees settle? | Northeast Oklahoma |
| In what region did the Creeks settle? | Central Oklahoma |
| In what region did the Seminoles settle? | Tiny, snakelike sliver in central/west Oklahoma |
| In what region did the Choctaws settle? | Southeast Oklahoma |
| In what region did the Chickasaws settle? | South-Central Oklahoma |