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What was the cause of most conflicts between US troops and Indigenous people in the 1800s?

A
US exploration of Indigenous lands
B
US attempts to trade with Indigenous people
C
American settlement on Indigenous lands
D
American efforts to capture enslaved people who escaped
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Indigenous resistance in the Ohio River Valley ended with

A
the Treaty of Greenville.
B
Tecumseh’s death.
C
the Battle of Tippecanoe.
D
Sequoyah’s death.
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On what grounds did the US Supreme Court refuse to hear the 1831 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia case?

A
The court declared that Georgia was right to auction off Cherokee land.
B
The court did not believe it had jurisdiction over matters involving states’ rights.
C
The court did not recognize the Cherokee tribe as a sovereign nation.
D
The court stated that the Cherokee had signed a treaty to give up their lands.
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Why was there so little settlement on the Great Plains in the early 1800s?

A
Explorers did not visit the region until the mid-1800s.
B
Tecumseh’s Indigenous troops fought against any settlements.
C
The Creek and Seminole fought to keep US settlers out of their lands.
D
Conditions were not suitable for the kind of farming done at that time.
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In the late 1700s, the Cumberland Gap made it easier for settlers to

A
cross the Appalachian Mountains.
B
travel down the Atlantic coast.
C
explore the southern Mississippi River.
D
fight the Seminole in Florida.
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How did the US government react to the Supreme Court’s finding in Worcester v. Georgia?

A
The US government illegally forced Indigenous people to move off their lands.
B
The US government appealed the decision and won a ruling in its favor.
C
The US government tried to purchase Cherokee territory for a steep price.
D
The US government pressured tribes into signing treaties accepting removal.
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How did Indigenous people react to American settlers in the late 1700s and early 1800s?

A
Most Indigenous people lived west of the Appalachians, so settlement had little effect on them.
B
Settlement affected Indigenous people very little, but they resented the arrival of explorers.
C
The two groups were trading partners, so both sides lived in peaceful coexistence.
D
American settlers and Indigenous people often clashed as settlement spread across the West during that era.
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Which statement best describes the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

A
The act forcibly relocated eastern Indigenous people to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.
B
The act forcibly removed territory from the Cherokee and auctioned it off to prospectors.
C
The act created a constitution for the five tribes that had been forcibly removed to Indian Territory.
D
The act stated that the Cherokee had signed a treaty to give up their lands.
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Who helped establish the Wilderness Road in the late 1700s?

A
Daniel Boone
B
Meriwether Lewis
C
Zebulon Pike
D
Tecumseh
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By 1820, most Indigenous nations east of the Mississippi River

A
were living side by side with settlers in peace.
B
had moved east to the Atlantic coast.
C
had been defeated by the US military.
D
had won most battles against the US military.

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