What did the Supreme Court decide about the Cherokees in the cases of Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia?
A) Georgia could not force the Cherokees to give up their tribal lands against their will.
B) The Cherokees were classified as a foreign nation within the boundaries of the United States.
C) The Cherokees were given the option to assimilate into white society or be forcibly sent to Indian Territory on the Trail of Tears.
D) The Georgia state legislature, along with those in Alabama and Mississippi, gained the power to invalidate federal treaties agreed to by the Cherokees.
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