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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ was a supreme court case which ruled that state laws were not valid on Cherokee land. President Jackson ignored the ruling and ordered the Indian’s be removed from their land.
A
McCulloch v. Maryland
B
Worcester v. Georgia
C
John Marshall
D
Tennessee Constitution of 1834
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Worcester v. Georgia was a landmark case of the Supreme Court. Although it did not prevent the Cherokee from being removed from their land, the decision was often used to craft subsequent Indian law in the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -One year later, however, in Worcester v. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Georgia. In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Describe the ruling of the Supreme Court in Worcester v. Georgia and Jackson’s response to it. The Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was a distance community in which the laws of Georgia had no force. Only the federal government had control over the Native Americans.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the first, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), the Court decided that the Natives were a “domestic dependent nation, ” while in the second, Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Court decided that they were “distinct, independent political communities.”

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