"The Cherokee nation, then, is a distinct community, occupying its own territory... in which the laws of Georgia can have no force." — Worcester v. Georgia, 1832
Despite the Supreme Court ruling quoted, the migration shown occurred because:
- A
Britain pressured the U.S. to relocate Native peoples
- Bcheck_circle
President Jackson refused to enforce the Court's decision and pushed the Indian Removal Act forward
- C
Congress overturned Worcester v. Georgia by a two-thirds vote
- D
The Cherokee voluntarily ceded all eastern lands by 1835
Explanation
Although the Marshall Court sided with the Cherokee, Jackson backed Georgia's defiance and used the 1830 Indian Removal Act to force the tribes west, culminating in the Trail of Tears.