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Battle of New Orleans
In 1814, Andrew Jackson led the battle of eNew Orleans which was actually after the war of 1812 had ended. This battle made Jackson a war hero. -
Election of 1824
In the election of 1824, Jackson had the popular vote, but he didn't have a majority, so the vote went to congress. John Quincy Adams made a corrupt bargain with Henry Clay, so that he would win and Clay would be secretary of state. -
Election of 1828
After the election of 1824, Jackson began to gain popularity, Thanks to Jackson, Adams became unpopular and Jackson won by a landslide. -
Jacksonian Democracy
In 1829, Jackson, favoring the comman man, extended voting rights to all white males. -
Indian Removal Act
Despite the fact that John Marshall declared it unconstitutional, Jackson started moving the Native Americans off of their lands and further west onto resevations. -
Spoils System
In 1832, Jackson believed that "to the victor, go the spoils of war" which meant that whoever was president should be able o shoose who was in office. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Native Americans were being forced off of their land so that Americans could take it for resources. In 1832, The case worcester v. Georgia was held in order to stop this. John Marshall decided that moving he Native Americans off of their land was unconstitutional, but Jackson didn't listen and decided to do it anyway. -
Nullification crisis
in 1832, South Carolina decided that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and said that acts to force them into paying taxes would lead to their secession. -
Jackson's War on National Bank
Jackson favored the comman man, and he believed that the national bank was unconstitutional and way too powerful, so he shut it down, eventually leading America into a great depression. -
Trail of Tears
Following the Indian Removal Act of 1830, Jackson sent the U.S. army to force Naive Americans off of their land and onto reservations. The journey was hard and about 1/4 of the Native Americans died.
