Question

Which option most accurately analyzes Stand Watie’s decision to join the Confederate Army?

A) He sought to incite conflict among Americans in the hopes that he could regain lost Cherokee territory in Georgia.

B) He believed that the Confederacy’s court system would facilitate Cherokee interests in reclaiming lost territory.

C) He joined the Confederacy to fight the United States government in retribution for the Indian Removal Act.

D) He wanted to use Confederate resources to build an outpost in the West that would protect Native American interests.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. Stand Watie saw the United States of America as the greatest enemy of Cherokee's Nation, due to many negative episodes such as the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Then, when the Civil War broke out, he saw the possibility of take advantage of the situation to weaken the common enemy that he shared with the Confederation.