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Battle of New Orleans
In 1815, Jackson fought the battle of new orleans and won againts high chances making him a war hero which boosted his popularity and soon helped him become president -
Election of 1824
In 1824, John Quincy Adams won the presidential election even though he lost both the popular and electoral vote, bu won in the house of representatives by what some call a "corrupt bargain" -
Election of 1828
In 1828, Andrew Jackson won the election to become president by supporting the "common people" who were usually not given say in the government. -
Spoils system
In 1828-1836, Jackson fired the federal workers and replaced them with his supporters, and called this the spoils system because the winner of the election gets the spoils. -
Jacksonian Democracy
In 1828-1836, Jackson believed that the government should be run by the common people of america and that the rich and priveleged should not the ones running it. -
Indian removal act
In 1830, Jackson created the indian removal act which allowed yhe federal government to pay the native americans to move west so they could gain the indians territory. -
Worcester V. Georgia
In 1832, Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that georgia could not interfere with the natives when brought up with the case of should americans be allowed to move indians out or not, but jackson ignored this and drove them out anyway. -
Trail of Tears
In 1835, Jacksons apprived the treaty of New Echota which ceded all indian territory and forced them to go west, and when some indians refused jackson sent his army to force them. This caused 1/4 of all the cherokee to die. -
Nullification Crisis
In 1832, South Carolina refused to pay the "illegal" tariffs of 1828 and 1832, so Jackson moved his army to SC and they surrenderd which caused the executive branch to enforce federal law with the army. -
Jacksons war on the Bank
In 1833, Jackson ran a campaign to take down the second bank of the US because he felt it was corrupt and only benefited the rich.
