Question

Chief Justice John Marshall and the United States Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that the Cherokee were a sovereign nation. Despite this ruling

The Cherokee could not hold political offices in Georgia
The Indian Removal Act could not be enforced
The Cherokee were still forced to leave their lands in Georgia
The Indian Removal Act was still repealed

Answer 1

In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a sovereign entity and that Georgia's laws had no authority within its territory. However, despite this ruling, the Cherokee were still forced to leave their lands in Georgia.

So, the correct statement is:

**The Cherokee were still forced to leave their lands in Georgia.**

The enforcement of the Court's decision was largely ignored by the state of Georgia and the federal government, leading to the forced removal of the Cherokee people along the Trail of Tears.