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The Election of 1824
Andrew Jackson Jackson decided to run for President after severing as both a member of the U.S. House ans Senate. -
Electional Loss
Jackson lost the election of 1824 to John Quincy Adams. With no clear winner. The House of Representatives chose who would be president. -
Looking Ahead
Jackson weakend Adams presidency by criticising him. Jackson gained supporters. Martin Van Buern helped build supporters for Jackson. -
Winning
Van Buren helped with Jackson's victory by reviving the Jeffersonian partnership to promise a return of strong states and weak federal goverment that did not interfere with slavery. -
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Jacksons Election Timeline
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Wanting American Indians Removed
In the south Jackson captured 80 precent of the votes. these voters expected Jackson to remvoe the 60,000 American Indians living in the region. Many American Indians remained in the south, they even adapted to white American culture. -
American Indian Removal Act
American Indian removal act of 1830 This act wnted to negotiate with American Indians to sell their land in the South for new land in the West. -
Worcester v. Georgia
more in depth John Marshall wanted to help the American Indians that were being forced to leave their lands. The court agreed that this act was unconstitutional because the Federal goverment had treaties that protected the American Indians -
Cherokee Agrement
'http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/che1041.htm' >INDIAN AFAIRS</a> When a small group of non nation Cherokees agreed to have all Cherokees leave the South and move West, it angrered the rest of the Cherokees, but the Federal goverment endforced this treaty. -
Democratic Changes
With the new democratic changes Jeferson rewarded democrats by giving them political jobs. While Adams was in office he only had about 12 political officials. -
Second Seminole War
Second Seminole WarThe Seminoles were ready to fight the U.S. troops though they were going against the Treaty of Payne's Landing, which required them to leave after thre years of signing in May 1832. After fighting a war between 1835 and 1842, the Seminoles lost and were forced out of Florida by American soldiers. -
Refusal To Leave
Some American Indians refused to leave the South and recieved numerous acts of violence. Because of this, U.S. troops came in and compeled the Creeks fom the South. -
Trail of Tears
When U.S. soldiers forced 16,000 Cherokees to walk from their homes to Oklahoma from the Southeast, nearly 4,000 died of diseases on the trek.
