Question

During Jackson's term in office he: refused to use Federal troops to protect the Cherokee tribe appealed to the Supreme Court for authority to move the Cherokees from Georgia supported the northeastern humanitarians who urged a just Indian policy signed treaties with tribes whereby the Indians received better lands than they gave up

Answer 1

During Jackson's term in office he appealed to the Supreme Court for authority to move the Cherokees from Georgia.

In 1830, there was an intense debate in Congress regarding the Indian removal bill, introduced by Jackson to set an “ample district” west of the Mississippi that was available for the movement of Indians of the South. Firstly, he suggested that Indian emigration should be "voluntary", since other method would be cruel and unfair for aborigines. But later, he noted that Indians could not live as independent individuals in the U.S.; so they would be forced to submit to state laws or leave.

The removal bill was passed that May, and by September Jackson had started his negotiations with the the Chickasaws, the Choctaws and the remaining Creeks to migrate westwards.

Eventually, Ross, who even rejected to meet Jackson, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate Georgia's removal law.

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

Refused to use Federal troops to protect the Cherokee tribe.

President Jackson and Ross, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation,

reunited in the White House on February 5th, 1834. Ross demanded to retain some of their land and the promise that the United States government would protect the Cherokee tribe using federal troops in both new and old settlements for five years.

Jackson declined, stating that the only acceptable thing was a complete removal of the Cherokee Nation from every land east of the Mississippi.