As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs

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Question 1

According to Chapter 7, what was the approximate number of Indians living east of the Mississippi River in 1820?

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Question 2

What was Thomas Jefferson's proposed method for acquiring Indian lands, as described in Chapter 7?

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Question 3

Who was the Shawnee chief that attempted to unite the Indians against the white invasion, advocating for a common and equal right in the land?

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Question 4

What was the significance of Andrew Jackson's 1814 treaty with the Creeks, according to the text?

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Question 5

How many Indians east of the Mississippi were forced westward under the presidencies of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren?

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Question 6

What was the main argument of Lewis Cass in his 1830 North American Review article supporting Indian Removal?

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Question 7

What was the famous, and later bitterly recalled, phrase used by Andrew Jackson to promise Indians security in their new lands west of the Mississippi?

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Question 8

According to the 1826 census of the Cherokee Nation, which of the following did they NOT possess?

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Question 9

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?

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Question 10

Approximately how many Cherokees died during their confinement and subsequent forced march westward known as the Trail of Tears?

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Question 11

What justification did President Jackson give for Indian Removal in his second Annual Message to Congress in December 1830?

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Question 12

The Seminole War, which began in 1818, is described in the chapter as leading to what territorial acquisition by the United States?

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Question 13

What was a primary reason southern slaveowners were agitated by the Seminole Indians in Florida?

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Question 14

Who was the Senator from New Jersey who spoke eloquently against the Indian Removal bill in Congress?

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Question 15

What was the result of the House of Representatives vote on the Indian Removal bill?

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Question 16

What tactic was used to persuade fifty Choctaw delegates to sign the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, ceding their land?

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Question 17

What event in Georgia in 1829 led to an invasion of Cherokee territory by thousands of whites and the destruction of Indian property?

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Question 18

What was the central argument of the Cherokee nation in their 1830s memorial pleading for justice?

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Question 19

According to Dale Van Every, what forces were primarily responsible for driving the policy of Indian removal?

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Question 20

What was the fate of the Treaty of New Echota, signed in 1836 for the removal of the Cherokees?

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Question 21

Who wrote an open letter to President Van Buren in 1838 protesting the Cherokee removal treaty?

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Question 22

In the period from 1814 to 1824, treaties with southern Indians resulted in whites taking over three-fourths of which two territories?

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Question 23

What was the American response after Chief Black Hawk raised a white flag to surrender during the Black Hawk War?

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Question 24

Who was the U.S. general in command of the Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears?

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Question 25

What was the cost in American lives and money of the eight-year Seminole War, as mentioned in Chapter 7?

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Question 26

According to the chapter, what was the primary reason the War of 1812 was fought?

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Question 27

What was Jackson's response to mutinies among his enlisted men during the Creek War?

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Question 28

Which Native American group was NOT mentioned as one of the 'seventy thousand Indians east of the Mississippi' who were forced westward under Jackson and Van Buren?

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Question 29

What was the name of the Cherokee newspaper, printed in both English and the new Cherokee written language?

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Question 30

The chapter describes the Seminole tribe as practicing a form of resistance that was different from the nonviolent resistance of the Cherokees. What was it?

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Question 31

How did the state of Georgia react to the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia?

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Question 32

What was the consequence for Creek families whose warriors had volunteered to help the U.S. army fight the Seminoles, based on a promise of protection?

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Question 33

What happened to the aged steamer Monmouth, which was carrying 611 Creek Indians across the Mississippi?

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Question 34

Who was Osceola?

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Question 35

What does the chapter cite as the primary reason for the American Revolution, from the perspective of westward expansion?

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Question 36

The phrase 'Indian Removal' is described in the chapter as a polite term for a process that cleared the land for what specific economic developments?

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Question 37

What was the fate of the Creek Indians who remained on their individual plots after the Treaty of Washington?

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Question 38

In his surrender speech, Chief Black Hawk accused the white men of all of the following EXCEPT:

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Question 39

What was the significance of the discovery of gold in Cherokee territory in 1829?

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Question 40

The Treaty of Camp Moultrie in 1823 required the Seminoles to do what?

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Question 41

Which American president's administration promoted the idea of Indian Removal, with Andrew Jackson as a key executor of the policy?

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Question 42

What was the foundation principle of traditional Indian government, as described by Van Every and a Moravian minister quoted in the chapter?

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Question 43

What was President Martin Van Buren's message to Congress in December 1838 regarding the Cherokee Removal?

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Question 44

During the Second Creek War, starving Creeks began raiding white farms. How did the U.S. Army respond?

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Question 45

Who was John Donelson, mentioned in Chapter 7 as an early land speculator in Indian lands?

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Question 46

The first major battle of the Second Seminole War, on December 28, 1835, resulted in what outcome?

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Question 47

What was the American population in 1790, and how many lived within 50 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, according to statistics in the chapter?

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Question 48

The chapter argues that land was indispensable for the development of what economic system?

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Question 49

After the War of 1812, Cherokees who fought with Jackson swam a river to help win which crucial battle?

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Question 50

In the Treaty of Grenville, as part of a different conflict, the U.S. government made a promise regarding Indian lands that was similar to many other broken promises. What was it?

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