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Which of the following statements about Worcester v Georgia is true?
A. Chief Justice John Marshall said that the Cherokee land was not the government’s.
B. The case never made it to the Supreme Court
C. The Cherokee were not involved.
D. The deciding was supported by the President.

Answer :

Answer:A. Chief Justice John Marshall said that the Cherokee land was not the government’s.

Explanation:

Worcester appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court where he won the case.  Chief Justice John Marshall said that the Cherokee land was not the government’s.

Worcester v. Georgia:

It was a legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court said that the state government did not have the right to impose any regulations on Native American land.

This case involved a group of white Christian missionaries, including Worcester, who was living in Cherokee territory in Georgia. The Christian missionaries were advising the Cherokee about resisting Georgia’s attempts to impose state laws on the Cherokee Nation.

In an effort to stop the missionaries, the state in 1830 passed an act. This act that resist the “white persons” from living on Cherokee lands unless they get a license from Georgia and swore an oath of loyalty to the state.

Worcester, refuse to follow the act, hence Georgia police arrested Worcester. So Worcester appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court where he won the case.

Therefore, Option A is correct.  Chief Justice John Marshall said that the Cherokee land was not the government’s.

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