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Election of 1824
The winner in the Electoral College was Andrew Jackson with ninety-nine votes. He was followed by John Quincy Adams, the son of the second president and Monroe' secretary of state, who got eighty-four votes. Since nobody got the majority of votes , the House of Representatives had to choose between them. And they chose John Quincy Adams, in return, Adams made the speaker of the House of Representative, Henry Clay, the secretary of state. Supporters of Jackson called this the Corrupt Bargain. -
Election of 1828
A re-match between previous President John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, the runner-up in the election of 1824. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. -
Worcester V.S. Georgia
The Cherokees appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that they were protected by treaties negotiated with the U.S. government. The United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis of 1832 is the Southern protests against the protective (taxes) that had been introduced to tax all foreign goods in order to boost the sales of US products and protect manufacturers in the North. The South is reliant on the North and foreign countries for manufactured goods. They think the protective tariffs are damaging to their economy and demands of it to be removed. -
Bank War
Jackson had vetoed a bill calling for an early renewal of the Second Bank’s charter, ending it.
