JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Georgia, 6 Pet. 515, 561, this Court held that Georgia state law had no force in the Cherokee Nation because the Cherokee Nation “is a distinct community occupying its own territory.”
Detailed explanation-3: -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.”