Question

directions: use the textbox below to answer the following items: 1. in 1828, who was elected president of the united states? 2. what gave authority to the president to begin the removal process? 3. who was able to appeal the u.s. supreme court to protest the removals? 4. what was the name of the chief justice of the supreme court, wrote in a court decision that the cherokee were a \domestic dependent nation\ of the u.s.? 5. what was the name of the supreme court decided that the cherokee were a sovereign nation, which should be allowed to rule itself? 6. who chose not to enforce the ruling and continued to pressure the cherokee to move west?

Explanation:

1. In 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States.
2. The Indian Removal Act gave authority to the president to begin the removal process of Native - Americans.
3. The Cherokee Nation and individuals affected by the removals could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
4. Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in a court decision that the Cherokee were a "domestic dependent nation" of the U.S.
5. In Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court (the decision was made by the Court as a whole, but the key figure was Chief Justice John Marshall) decided that the Cherokee were a sovereign nation which should be allowed to rule itself.
6. President Andrew Jackson chose not to enforce the ruling and continued to pressure the Cherokee to move west.

Answer:

1. Andrew Jackson
2. Indian Removal Act
3. The Cherokee Nation and affected individuals
4. John Marshall
5. Worcester v. Georgia (with key figure John Marshall)
6. Andrew Jackson