JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Listened
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Ignored it
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Vetoed the decision
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the ruling, the decision helped form the basis for most subsequent law in the United States regarding Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -About the Author President Andrew Jackson ignored the Court’s decision in Worcester v. Georgia, but later issued a proclamation of the Supreme Court’s ultimate power to decide constitutional questions and emphasizing that its decisions had to be obeyed.
Detailed explanation-3: -The state of Georgia refused to abide by the Court decision, however, and President Jackson refused to enforce the law. In 1830, just a year after taking office, Jackson pushed a new piece of legislation called the “Indian Removal Act” through both houses of Congress.
Detailed explanation-4: -As president, Jackson believed that his authority to deem what was constitutional equaled the Supreme Court’s. Jackson’s views regarding American Indians also challenged the law.