10. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 10: The Cherokee Removal

**Quiz for Document 10.2: Petition of the Women’s Councils to the Cherokee National Council (1831)**

Quiz for Document 10.2: Petition of the Women’s Councils to the Cherokee National Council (1831)

Document 10.2: Petition of the Women’s Councils to the Cherokee National Council (1831)

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Question 10.4

1. This petition demonstrates that Cherokee women were similar to white American women in which of the following ways in 1831?

Neither white American nor Cherokee women had a way to influence the political processes led by their respective governments.

While Cherokee women could influence their government through petitions, white women could not use that process.

While white women used petitions to influence the U.S. government, Cherokee women could not influence their government using that process.

Although both groups had political participation, Cherokee and American women could seek political influence through petitions.

Question 10.5

2. When the Cherokee women reference the plan of the “General Government to effect our removal West of the Mississippi,” they are referring to which of the following?

The Cherokee National Council

The United States government

The government of the state of Georgia

The Cherokee Treaty Party

Question 10.6

3. The Cherokee women’s petition implies that they had which of the following concerns about Jackson’s proposed policy?

Some Cherokees would have an interest in accepting the U.S. government’s offer to buy their land and relocate them.

Jackson’s policy would further erode the status of Cherokee women within their own families and communities.

The Cherokee National Council would reject Andrew Jackson’s proposal and permanently impoverish the Cherokees.

The policy would spur the outbreak of all-out war between the U.S. military and the Cherokees.

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