Settling the West — Quiz

Question 10 • US History

Who was Tecumseh?

Answer

a Miami chieftain whose troops defeated US forces in 1791 in a border war along the Ohio River

a Creek leader who was defeated by Andrew Jackson and his army at Horseshoe Bend

a Shawnee leader who led Indigenous resistance to US settlement in the Ohio River Valley

a Seminole leader who tried to protect enslaved people who escaped and were living among the Seminole

Explanation

Tecumseh was a Shawnee leader who organized Indigenous resistance to U.S. expansion and settlement in the Ohio River Valley. The other choices describe different Indigenous leaders or events: the defeat at Horseshoe Bend involved the Creek, while the Seminole choice refers to a different conflict.

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