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Battle of New Orleans
Jackson lead Americans to victory in the Battle of New Orleans. They we greatly outnumbered but we won thasnks to Jackson, who became knows as a war hero for that. -
Election of 1824 (Corrupt Bargain)
Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and William H. Crawford were the canidates in this election. After the vote, Jackson had the most votes, but not the majority. The rule was that when no canidate had the majority of votes, the House of Representatives chose. Now, Henry Clay was the speaker of the House of Representaties. Many believe that Clay and Adams had an agreement where Clay would influence the House of Representatives to choose Adams, soley because he did not want Jackson to. -
Election of 1828
After the Corrupt Bargain, many people thought Jackson should win this one. Also, Southerners thought Jackson would end the Tariff of Abominations. All of this lead to Jackson totally slaying this election. -
Bank War
It was during this month that Nicholas Biddle made the recharter of the bank. Andrew Jackson seemed to hate the bank more than anything because he thought it was too powerful, and personally disliked Biddle, the president of the bank. Jackson once said he would "kill" the bank, and that he did. He vetoed the recharter of the bank so he could end it all before it started. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Georgia wanted to move the Indians out of their state. The Indians wouldn't budge and took it to court. John Marshall, the Chief Justice, said that it was unconstitutional for Georgia to interfere with the Indians. Jackson, however, encourgaged the movement and dared Marshall to "enforce his decision". In the end, The indians were moved. -
Nullification Crisis
In 1828, a very high protective tariff was made. Southerners opposed this and called it the "Tariff of Abominations". While Andrew Jackson was president, South Carolina tried to nullify the tariff so they didn't have to pay for it. Jackson wouldn't let this happen because he thought if states could nullify any law, the power of the federal government would become non-existent. Jackson decided to compromise by lowering the tariff on July 14, 1832 -
Andrew Jackson dies
