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Jackson's birth
"Andrew Jackson was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837 and was the founder of the Democratic Party."http://www.biography.com/people/andrew-jackson-9350991 -
battle of Horseshoe Bend
"Andrew Jackson and his forces won the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Horseshoe Bend was the major battle of the Creek War, in which Jackson sought to "clear" the Mississippi Territory for American settlement. He commanded an army of Tennessee militia men, which he had turned into a well-trained fighting force."
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Battle of New Orleans
"On December 24, 1814, Great Britain and the United States signed a treaty in Ghent, Belgium that effectively ended the War of 1812. News was slow to cross the pond, however, and on January 8, 1815, the two sides met in what is remembered as one of the conflict’s biggest and most decisive engagements." http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-new-orleans -
Election of 1824
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Election of 1828
"The Election of 1828 was unique in that nominations were no longer made by Congressional caucuses, but by conventions and the state legislatures. The campaign was the first true mud-slinging contest against Andrew Jackson and John Adams."
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Indian Removal Act
"The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President 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."
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Worecester v. Georgia
"was a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional."
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Nullification Crisis
"The Nullification Crisis was a United States sectional political crisis in 1832–1837, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government."
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Bank war
"The Bank War was the name given to the campaign begun by President Andrew Jackson in 1833 to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, after his reelection convinced him that his opposition to the bank had won national"
support.http://www.history.com/topics/bank-war