JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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Question
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The US Supreme Court case-Worcester v. Georgia
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Georgia offered to grant U.S. citizenship to the Cherokees.
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The Cherokee Nation asked President Andrew Jackson to negotiate with Georgia.
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Georgia asked the federal government for funds to purchase Cherokee land.
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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: -Impact and Legacy 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: -The removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture in the Southeast, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice that many white southerners harbored toward American Indians.
Detailed explanation-4: -Worcester claimed Georgia’s action was unconstitutional based on three arguments: Georgia had violated federal treaties; impaired the obligation of contracts between the United States and the Cherokee; and interfered with the federal power to regulate commerce with Indians. Worcester was a “win” for the Cherokee.