Question

The Supreme Court opposed Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policies by:

A. arguing that American Indians were legally U.S. citizens.
B. ruling that the Five Civilized Tribes should become a new state.
C. claiming that treaties signed by American Indians were illegal.
D. ruling that the states could not take American Indian lands...
Please explain your Answer

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1830, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that Jackson was wrong. Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in the majority opinion that the Constitution gave to Congress, not the states, the power to make laws that applied to the Indian tribes.