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^ Collapse Select the correct response from each dropdown menu to complete the sentences. Cherokee leader Error! Filename not specified. John Ross adapted quite well to the prevailing white Protestant culture, joining the Methodist church and working in the political system to advance his tribe’s interests. Points: 1 / 1 Close Explanation Explanation: Many of the tensions between Anglo settlers and Native Americans arose over cultural differences. Native people who acclimated to Anglo American culture were broadly considered to be civilized, although they still faced considerable mistreatment. Those who didn’t acclimate were often considered by whites to be savages. One Native American who successfully acclimated was Cherokee leader John Ross. Ross founded the town of Ross’s Landing (now called Chattanooga, Tennessee). He joined the Methodist church and sought to help his tribe through the U.S. political and legal systems. More practical conflicts between whites and natives came from land claims. The U.S. government sought to distribute land to white settlers, even when that land was already inhabited by Native Americans. In an act of defiance, President Error! Filename not specified. Andrew Jackson refused to act in accord with multiple Supreme Court decisions, forcing Native Americans to relocate in a brutal death march. Points: 1 / 1 Close Explanation Explanation: One major land dispute resulted from the U.S. government’s efforts to remove Native Americans from land ranging from Tennessee to Louisiana. Those lands had been allocated to Native American tribes through prior treaties, but President Andrew Jackson was determined to relocate the relevant tribes, by force if necessary. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 to give Jackson the authority to remove the tribes, but the Supreme Court issued multiple decisions, such as Worcester v. Georgia (1832), limiting governmental power over the tribes. Jackson ignored the court’s rulings, presiding over a brutal death march of the Cherokee nation that became known as the Trail of Tears. Identify each statement as either true or false.

Statement True False Black Hawk and his men killed more than 2,000 white soldiers before being executed on an Illinois battlefield. Osceola, leader of the Seminoles in Florida, employed white deserters to act as spies, a strategy that allowed Seminoles to briefly overpower both Spanish and Anglo settlers. In order to remove Native Americans from Florida, the federal government launched the Second Seminole War, which lasted nearly seven years. Native Americans such as Sarah Winnemucca of the Paiute tribe had to take steps to prevent young girls from being kidnapped or attacked by white men. Points: 1 / 1 Close Explanation Explanation: As the United States expanded, government officials began to seek to relocate Native Americans, making room for more white settlements. An organized, forced march was the method officials chose to relocate the Cherokee. Conditions on the march were so brutal that about a quarter of eastern Cherokees died—hence the subsequent designation for the journey as the Trail of Tears. Efforts by the government to remove Seminoles from Florida were less successful. U.S. forces waged a seven-year war known as the Second Seminole War. Government forces captured Seminole leader Osceola, who died in jail. However, many Seminoles never left Florida, and a third war with the Seminole nation began in 1855. Another attack by U.S. forces occurred in Illinois on the banks of the Mississippi River. A hunting party led by Sauk warrior Black Hawk returned to their land to find that white settlers had attacked native people there. Black Hawk fought against militias from Illinois and Michigan and was eventually captured. Black Hawk was unrepentant, and he was eventually pardoned by the president. His autobiography inspired many and became a best seller. Natives like Sarah Winnemucca of the Paiute tribe had to defend against frequent kidnappings and attacks on young Native American girls by white

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