USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

AGE OF THE COMMON MAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The court ruled it was unconstitutional to forcibly remove the Natives off of the land in Worcester v. Georgia
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Georgia, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on March 3, 1832, held (5–1) that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land.

Detailed explanation-2: -On review of the case, the Supreme Court in Worcester v. Georgia ruled that because the Cherokee Nation was a separate political entity that could not be regulated by the state, Georgia’s license law was unconstitutional and Worcester’s conviction should be overturned.

Detailed explanation-3: -Worcester appealed this on the grounds that those laws were unconstitutional because the Cherokee people were ruled as sovereign and therefore not bound by state law in 1831.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia was a small victory for the Cherokee Nation in Georgia because it. struck down laws created by the Georgia legislature to seize Cherokee lands.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: In the case of Worcester V Georgia, the US Supreme Court ruled first vacated the punishment of Samuel Worcester and then ruled that the state rule of Georgia that prohibits and criminalizes non-Native Americans to stay on the land of Native Americans without possessing a license is invalid and unconstitutional.

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