Indian Removal: Sovereignty, Resistance & Enforcement — Drills · Grade 7 Social Studies
Chapter: Expansion, Slavery & ReformWhat these drills covers
By the end of Indian Removal: Sovereignty, Resistance & Enforcement you should be able to:
- I can explain what the Cherokee Nation did to resist removal and why it should have worked.
- I can describe what Worcester v. Georgia decided and what happened to it.
- I can explain how a treaty signed by a hundred people bound a nation of sixteen thousand.
4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.
Vocabulary used: context, primary source, interpretation, sovereignty, jurisdiction.
Problem 1
Place the Removal Act, Worcester decision, and forced Cherokee removal in order.
Answer and explanation
1830 act; 1832 decision; forced removal in 1838–1839.
Problem 2
What could test whether a treaty signer represented a nation?
Answer and explanation
Governing procedures, authorization, council records, objections, and the signing context help establish representation.
Problem 3
Why should removal be studied as a political question as well as movement?
Answer and explanation
It concerned nationhood, land, jurisdiction, treaty commitments, state and federal action, and power over people’s ability to remain.
Problem 4
Why is a signature page insufficient for universal consent?
Answer and explanation
It does not establish who was authorized, whose objections were excluded, or whether meaningful alternatives existed. Investigate procedures and affected communities’ records.