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Election of 1824 Continued
This election impacted America by establishing how popular votes, electoral votes, and the election of the president in the house would work if they didn't reach the required electoral votes. -
Election of 1824
The candidates were John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, John Calcoun,&Henry Clay. Jackson won the popular vote, but he didn't get enough electoral votes, so the issue was turned over to the House or Representatives. Clay was Speaker of the House and didn't like Jackson, so he made a deal with Adams, In return for inflencing the house to elect Adams, Clay would be made secretary, who was basically guaranteed to be elected the next President. This was known as the corrupt bargain. -
Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson ran for president once again, but so did Adams. Jackson's political views were to eliminate the national bank while Adams' were just the opposite. Jackson ended up winning the election, getting majority of the West and South. The impact of Jackson's presidency was the elimination of the second national bank, removal of Native Americans and the Trail of Tears, the Tariff of Abonomations, and admitted Arkansas and Michigan into the union. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act allowed the government to pay Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi. Most Natives felt forced to give in, while some resisted. The army was then forced upon anyone who resisted, so they gave in and were rounded up. They went west on the Trail of Tears. It was a sad time because 1/4 of the Indians lost their lives and their homeland of thousands of years. The impact of this is America gained more land while destroying the lives of the Indians. -
Worcester v. Georga
In response to the Indian Removal Act, enforcing Georgia laws in Cherokee land, and Georgians claming Cherokee land as their own, the Cherokee turned to the Supreme Court, with Samuel Worcester being the leader. Cheif Justice John Marshall ruled Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee, who were in fact even recognized as a separate nation. The impact of this is virtually none, because it was disregarded and the Cherokees were pushed out anyways. -
Nullification Crisis Continued
Thr impact was the southern states eventually got used to the idea of nullifying and nullified the whole union itself, leading to the Civil War. -
Nullification Crisis
In 1828 a very high protective tariff on foreign imports was passed, which enraged southern states, making this known as the Tariff of Abomination. In response to this act, in 1832 South Carolina passed the Nullification Act, declaring it refuses to pay the tariffs and threatening to secede should the federal government interfere. The government compromised by lowering the tariff but threatening to use military action to enfoce the law, called the Force Act. -
Bank War
The Bank War wasn't a real war. It was Jackon's campaign to destory the Second National Bank. The reason he didn't like it is because he believed it was unconsiturional, too powerful, only made the rich richer, and harmful to state's rights. Jackson "won" the war and vetoed the charter to renew it. The impact this had is after the bank was shut down, America eventually went into an economic distress.
