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Which two factors best explain why the Cherokee Nation was removed despite legal wins? (Select the two correct answers.)
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A new federal law canceled all Native American treaties.

A small Cherokee group signed a treaty without permission.

John Ross decided to sell tribal lands for his own profit.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state of Georgia.

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A and B.

Explanation: The 1830 Indian Removal policies (and the federal push to relocate tribes) undercut treaty protections, and a small, unauthorized group of Cherokees signed the Treaty of New Echota, which was used as the legal pretext for removal despite the Cherokee’s court victories.