JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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federal government attempts to move the Cherokee Indians from their lands
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the issue of American citizenship for American Indians
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whether or not a white person could live among American Indians
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whether the Cherokee Indians were subject to the laws of Georgia
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Cherokee Nation, the Court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction (the power to hear a case) to review claims of an Indian nation within the United States. In Worcester, the Court ruled that only the United States, and not the individual states, had power to regulate or deal with the Indian nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), however, Chief Justice John Marshall declared that because Indian nations were dependent entities, they had no standing before the judiciary. The Court, therefore, lacked jurisdiction to exempt the Cherokees from Georgia law.
Detailed explanation-3: -Worcester and several other missionaries from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Nations challenged a Georgia law prohibiting all white persons from living on or going into the Cherokee nation without a permit.