JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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*The Cherokee Nation challenged Georgia’s anti-Cherokee laws before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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*Georgia asked the federal government for funds to purchase Cherokee land.
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*The Cherokee Nation asked President Andrew Jackson to negotiate with Georgia.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to federal laws and treaties, the Cherokee nation did not have to abide by Georgia law. They took their case to the supreme court with the hope that President Jackson would grant an injunction and prevent Georgia from violating federal law. Jackson did not.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Cherokee used legal means in their attempt to safeguard their rights. They sought protection from land-hungry white settlers, who continually harassed them by stealing their livestock, burning their towns, and sqatting on their land.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Cherokee Nation, led by Principal Chief John Ross, resisted the Indian Removal Act, even in the face of assaults on its sovereign rights by the state of Georgia and violence against Cherokee people.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Cherokee National Council advised the United States that it would refuse future cession requests and enacted a law prohibiting the sale of national land upon penalty of death. In 1827 the Cherokees adopted a written constitution, an act that further antagonized removal proponents in Georgia.