The correct answer is A) struck down laws created by the Georgia legislature to seize Cherokee lands.
The other options of the question were B) ruled that the U.S. government’s Indian Removal Act was unconstitutional. C) established the Indian Territory east of the Mississippi in present-day Oklahoma. D) declared that the U.S. government would honor the Cherokee Nation’s constitution.
The Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia was a small victory for the Cherokee Nation in Georgia because it struck down laws created by the Georgia legislature to seize Cherokee lands.
The Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia was decided on March 3, 1832. The Court decided that the Georgia Act violate the Constitution because the Cherokee land was considered a different territory than the US. And the responsibility for dealing with Native American Indian issues belonged to the federal government, not the state.