What was the result of the Supreme Court ruling that Native American groups were not independent nations? A. The government’s pr
ograms to assimilate Native Americans into white society failed. B. It prevented government officials from breaking up reservations into individual land holdings. C. It upheld the federal government’s decision to stop making treaties and allowed it to continue passing laws to carry out its Native American policies. D. The government had to return to the difficult process of negotiating treaties with the many Native American groups.
The correct choice from given options is: "C", " It upheld the federal government’s decision to stop making treaties and allowed it to continue passing laws to carry out its Native American policies."
In the cases Cherokee v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the U.S. Supreme Court considered its jurisdiction to uphold the privileges of Native American "nations" against the states. In Cherokee Nation, the Court decided that it needed jurisdiction to review cases of an Indian nation inside the US. In Worcester, the Court decided that exclusive the US, and not the individual states, had power to deal with the Indian nations.
The Treaty of Versailles held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties in terms of loss of territory, with huge compensations of payments and demilitarization.
