U5:D9 - Video Lesson #2

What were Samuel Worcester's primary roles in New Echota?

• Preaching and farming

• Preaching and setting up a newspaper

• Preaching, translation and trading with Americans

• Tribal government official and spokesman of the Cherokee Tribe.

What was the purpose of the law passed by the Georgia legislature requiring white people in the Cherokee Nation to obtain a permit?

• To ensure that white settlers were engaging in fair trade practices with the Cherokee Nation and its people.

• To protect white settlers from attacks from the Cherokee Nation.

• To make life difficult for missionaries and others supporting the Cherokee

• To regulate land ownership

How did President Andrew Jackson respond to Georgia's complaints about missionaries serving as postmasters in the Cherokee Nation?

• He supported the missionaries.

• He ordered the missionaries to leave Georgia and head to the Indian Territory in Oklahoma

• He fired the missionaries and replaced them with others.

• He ignored Georgia's complaints about the Cherokee Nation and protected their rights to the land.

What was the ultimate outcome for Samuel Worcester despite the Supreme Court ruling in his favor?

• Worcester was immediately released and paid compensation for being wrongly accused.

• President Jackson refused to enforce the ruling, and the Cherokee were forcibly removed to reservation.

• President Jackson appealed the supreme court decision and eventually won the case, and the Cherokee were removed as a result.

• Worcester was fired, and removed from his work with the Indian Nations.