JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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pleading their case against Georgia in court
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declaring war against the Georgia government
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moving peacefully from Georgia to the West
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signing a treaty allowing them to stay in Georgia
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Between 1827 and 1831 the Georgia legislature extended the state’s jurisdiction over Cherokee territory, passed laws purporting to abolish the Cherokees’ laws and government, and set in motion a process to seize the Cherokees’ lands, divide it into parcels, and offer the parcels in a lottery to white Georgians.
Detailed explanation-3: -Georgia, 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1 (1831), was a United States Supreme Court case. The Cherokee Nation sought a federal injunction against laws passed by the U.S. state of Georgia depriving them of rights within its boundaries, but the Supreme Court did not hear the case on its merits.
Detailed explanation-4: -Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was sovereign. According to the decision rendered by Chief Justice John Marshall, this meant that Georgia had no rights to enforce state laws in its territory.