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President Jackson's Attitude Toward the Supreme Court's Decision in Worcester

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President Jackson's attitude toward the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia (1832) was


A) elation, as it had ruled that he had the executive power as president to intervene and send aid to the Cherokee Nation.
B) anger, as it formally ended the Indian Removal Act and undid most of his policies regarding western expansion.
C) acquiescence, as he knew the Cherokees were the least likely of the southern tribes to adopt the customs of white America.
D) defiance, as he refused to enforce it and claimed that he had no constitutional authority to intervene against the anti-Cherokee laws in Georgia.
E) nonconcern, as he believed that the Christian missionaries in Georgia had the right to interact with Native Americans as they saw fit.

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