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Election of 1824
During the election of 1824, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, and Andrew Jackson were the candidates to run to be the sixth president of the United States. It was a close poll, but John Quincy won the electoral votes and became president, even though Andrew Jackson won the popular votes. This election was called the "Corrupt Bargain" because of the way the votes turned out and how unfair the election was from the teaming up of Adams and Clay. -
Election of 1828
This election is a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson from what happened 4 years earlier. This election introduced the democratic party from Andrew Jackson. Jackson won against Adams easily to be named president of the United States. -
The Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act gave president Andrew Jackson the power to move the Native Americans west of the Mississippi River. This resulted in what is called the Trail of Tears. It was named this because of the difficult and tough conditions on the way to Oklahoma, their new home. -
Worcester vs Georgia
The Worcester family claimed that the removal of natives from Georgia was a violation of their constitutional rights and thought that it wasn't right to move them west of the mississippi. They believed the state of Georgia over-stepped their boundaries when forcing them out of their homes. The case, Worchester vs Georgia, ruled that Georgia had no right to take away their land and homes. -
The Bank War
Andrew Jackson did not like the U.S Bank becuse he thought it was becoming too powerful and it was unconstitutional. He thought that the Bank favored the north and did not benifit or care about any of the south western states. In 1832 Senator Henry Clay, proposed rechartering the Bank in hopes that it will cause bad luck for Andrew Jackson. This bill passed Congress, but Jackson vetoed it. In 1836, the charter expired, and the Bank perminantly closed. -
The Nullification Crisis
The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff used to protect U.S industry and manufacturing by taxing goods from other countries. The Southerners did not like it because they relied on trade with Europe and foriegn countries. They called it the, "Tariff of Abominations" because they hated it so much. South Carolina declared that the tariff illegal and unconstitutional, and threatened to secede the United States.
