Why did the adoption of white culture not protect the Cherokee from removal?

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Sim W.
Jul 2, 2016

Gold had been discovered on the territory of the Cherokees in Georgia.

Explanation:

The Cherokee resorted to the supreme court so as to avoid removal from their ancestral lands. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of them but their decision was not taken into account by the Federal Government. Andrew Jackson was indeed in favor of the Removal Policy. The Cherokee territory was envied by the state of Georgia because gold had been found there.

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