The 1619 Project - Chapter 5 Quiz

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Hopewell for the United States?

Question Answer Choices To integrate Native nations into the United States as equal states. To establish permanent peace with the Native nations. To gain the protection of Native nations and return property obtained during conflicts. To grant Native nations full independence and sovereignty.

What did Native people have to do to avoid trouble or oppression from Americans after the Treaty of Hopewell?

Question Answer Choices They had to abandon their lands and move to urban areas to find work. They had to form alliances with other Native tribes and resist American expansion. They had to relocate to reservations and give up their traditional customs. They had to assimilate, adopt Christianity, and participate in the slave trade.

What did the adoption of the 1785 Treaty of Hopewell stratify among the existing racial hierarchy in the United States?

Question Answer Choices A new set of alliances. A new set of territories. A new set of privileges. A new set of laws.

What did slavery become for Native people in the struggle to stay on the 'free side' of the color line?

Question Answer Choices A tool. A burden. A tradition. A privilege.

What did the Hopewell treaties encourage Native nations to do to retain their privilege?

Question Answer Choices Relocate to areas designated by the United States government. Adopt agricultural practices from the colonists. Participate in the racial hierarchy by enslaving Black people. Form alliances with European powers.

What was the outcome of the 1785 Treaty of Hopewell for the Cherokee Nation?

Question Answer Choices The Cherokee Nation promised to accept the protection of the United States and return any property obtained during conflicts, including Black captives. The Cherokee Nation was granted full citizenship and equal rights under the United States Constitution. The Cherokee Nation agreed to relocate to the western territories and abandon their ancestral lands. The Cherokee Nation was allowed to maintain complete sovereignty and form their own independent government.

What did the forced relocation of the Cherokee people under Andrew Jackson become known as?

Question Answer Choices The Journey of Suffering. The Trail of Tears. The Path of Sorrow. The Long March.

Who was forced to bear much of the labor during the Trail of Tears?

Question Answer Choices The women and children of the Cherokee Nation. The elderly members of the Cherokee Nation. The neighboring tribes allied with the Cherokee. The enslaved Black people held by the Cherokee.