Why Did the Supreme Court Not Enforce Their Ruling in Worcester vs. Georgia?

Worcester v. Georgia was a...

• U.S. Supreme Court case

• law passed by Congress

• law passed by the GA General Asembly

• treaty signed by Native Americans

Worcester v. Georgia was about...

• a white missionary who tried to help the Cherokee keep their tribal lands

• a Creek chief who signed a treaty ceding Indian lands

• a Cherokee chief who signed a treaty ceding Indian lands

• land companies that bribed members of GA's General Assembly

Samuel Worcester was a...

• white missionary to the Cherokee people

• Creek Indian chief

• Cherokee Indian chief

• chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Samuel Worcester lived among the Cherokee at New Echota and taught the Indians about Christianity?

• false

• true

Who was the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court during the Worcester v. Georgia case?

• Samuel Worcester

• William McIntosh

• John Marshall

• Andrew Jackson

Who was the U.S. President that refused to support the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?

• John Marshall

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

Who ruled that "Georgia laws have no force [do not apply] in the Cherokee Nation"?

• Samuel Worcester

• John Marshall

• Andrew Jackson

• William McIntosh

Who said "John Marshall had rendered [made] his decision, let him enforce it"?

• John Marshall

• Samuel Worcester

• Andrew Jackson

• William McIntosh

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?

• Georgia laws do NOT apply in the Cherokee Nation

• Cherokee must cede their lands to the Georgians

• all white missionaries must leave the Cherokee Nation

• Georgia has the right to distribute Cherokee lands using a lottery system

What was President Andrew jackson's response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?

• Jackson supported the Court's ruling and protected the Cherokee

• Jackson resigned from office in protest of the Court's decision

• Jackson refused to enforce the Court's ruling and did nothing to protect the Cherokee from the Georgians

• Jackson had John Marshall impeached and removed from his seat on the Supreme Court