Question

The Cherokee took their case (Worcester vs. Georgia) to the U.S. Supreme Court, who ruled that:

the Cherokee Nation had a right to their land, and the State of Georgia should not try to take it

the State of Georgia had a legal right to the Cherokee's land, and should force the Cherokee to relocate

Answer 1

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation had a right to their land, and the State of Georgia should not try to take it. This decision, often referred to as the Worcester v. Georgia ruling, was made in 1832. Chief Justice John Marshall stated that the Cherokee Nation was a sovereign entity and that the state of Georgia had no authority to govern or control their land. Therefore, the decision affirmed the rights of the Cherokee Nation to remain on their ancestral lands in Georgia. Despite this ruling, however, the state of Georgia and President Andrew Jackson did not enforce it, leading to the forced removal of the Cherokee people in the tragic event known as the Trail of Tears.