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Jackson's Birth
picture link"Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, to Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, Scots-Irish colonists who emigrated from Ireland in 1765. Though his birthplace is presumed to have been at one of his uncles' houses in the Waxhaws region that straddles North Carolina and South Carolina, the exact location is unknown—Jackson's mother was making a trip across the Appalachian Mountains after burying her husband, who died three weeks before his son was born." -http://www.biography.com/people/a -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Picture link "...the decisive battle in the Creek War (1813-1814). That day and those leading up to it also provided an example of tensions among American Indians, even those in the same tribe. Finally, both Creek factions received support from white governments, thereby continuing the long tradition of European nations attempting to defeat their rivals by enlisting the native population." -http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp -
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of New Orleans http://blogs.cisco.com/wp-content/uploads/Battle-New-Orleans.jpg -Picture Link The causes of the war were the British impressment of 6,000 American soldiers in American waters and the blockading and disregarding of American shipping rights. The British ended with more than 2,000 casualties, and the U.S. only had 8 killed. This started in December of 1814 and ended January 8, 1815. -
Election of 1824
Election of 1824
The only canidates running in the election of 1824 were people who belonged to the Democratic Republican party. For the first time since political parties were formed, there were no Federalists canidates running. This election also marked the end of the "Ear of Good Feelings". John Quincy Adams won the election, with Andrew Jackson as the runner up. Andrew Jackson got the electoral vote, but John Quincy Adams got the House of Representatives to vote in his favor. -
Election of 1828
Picture linkThere was extreme hostility between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams during the election. They were targeting each other's personal lives in order to win votes in their favor. Andrew Jackson won the election. -
Indian Removal Act
Picture link "The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, 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." -www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Indian.html -
Worcester v. GA
"In September 1831, Samuel A. Worcester and others, all non-Native Americans, were indicted in the supreme court for the county of Gwinnett in the state of Georgia for "residing within the limits of the Cherokee nation without a license" and "without having taken the oath to support and defend the constitution and laws of the state of Georgia." -http://www.oyez.org/cases/1792-1850/1832/1832_2 -
Bank War
Bank War The Bank War was a struggle between President Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the United States, and continued in the nation during the second quarter of the 19th century. -
Nullification Crisis
<ahref='http://history1800s.about.com/od/1800sglossary/g/nullification-crisis-def.htm' >Nullification Crisis</a> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A12SBcufL8Y/UIfolAmr6kI/AAAAAAAAABE/sbf0WbCMevY/s400/nullification+crisis.jpg The Nullification Crisis was in the early 1830s people in South Carolina said that a state did not have to follow a federal law and could nullify the law, as well.
