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Battle Of New Orleans
In 1815, the british advanced on New Orleans. Waiting for them were Andrew Jackson and his troops. Jackson became a war hero -
Election of 1824
In 1824, four democractic-republican candidates competed for the presidancy in the U.S. Jackson recieved the popular vote, but Adams became president. This was called the Corrupt Bargain. -
Jacksinion Democracy
In 1828, Andrew Jackson got the popular votes and became president. The age of Jackson had begun. He gave all whigte men the right to vote(suffrage). -
Election of 1828
By 1828, the democrratic-republican had split. In the election, Jackson recieved most of the votes cast in the the frontier states. Everyone supported him and he became president. -
Spoils System
When Jackson was president, he fired 20% of the federal officials and put in his own supports that helped him during the election of 1828. This was known as the spoils system. -
Indian Removal Act
In 1830, Andrew Jackson was to propose the Indian Removal Act to remove the tribes west of the Mississippi River. The Cherokees refused. -
Worcester v. Georgia
In 1832 Worcester 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. -
Nullification Crisis
In 1832,Jackson faced the nullification crisis, a high tariff on raw materials was passed by congress. This caused problems for the south. -
Jackson's War on Bank
Washington introduced the banks in 1816, but Jackson disliked National Banks and he thought it gace an unfair monoply, so he set out to eliminate it. -
Trail of Tears
In 1838, the trail of tears was a period of about 10 years when over 70000 indians lost their homes and were forced to move to Oklahoma.
