USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -President Andrew Jackson ignored the Court’s decision in Worcester v. Georgia, but later issued a proclamation of the Supreme Court’s ultimate power to decide constitutional questions and emphasizing that its decisions had to be obeyed.

Detailed explanation-2: -He declared that the only hope for the Southeastern tribes’ survival would be for them to give up all their land and move west of the Mississippi River. Jackson warned the tribes that if they failed to move, they would lose their independence and fall under state laws. Jackson backed an Indian removal bill in Congress.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the fall and winter of 1838-39, the Cherokees were forcibly moved from their homes to the Indian Territory-some having to walk as many as 1, 000 miles over a four-month period. Approximately 4, 000 of 16, 000 Cherokees died along the way. This sad chapter in our history is known as the “Trail of Tears."