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Election of 1824
This election was between Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henrey Clay, and William Crawford. It was considered "The Corrupt Bargain" by Jackson because he won the popular vote , but no one won the electoral vote so the house of represenatives took up the matter. Clay dropped out but was in the house of represenatives and swayed the houses vote for John Quincy Adams, who won the vote. Jackson came in second but Clay was put as Secretary of State. This made Adams believe there was a corrupt bargian. -
Election of 1828
This election only had two candidates, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Jackson won by a landslide in this election. He got many more electoral votes than Adams making him the 7th president of the U.S. -
The Bank War
As soon as Jackson got into office he went to "Slay the Beast" that was the National Bank. The Bank had been set up by Alexander Hamilton, to regulate economic policies nationwide. Jackson believed that the bank was corrupt and unconstitutional. He eventually reached his goal by vetoing the renewal of the bank. -
The Indian Removal Act
There were getting to be conflicts with the native Americans so Jackson needed to solve it. Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act to move Indians West of the Mississippi. This was primarily in Georgia with the Cherokee indians. It sparked the Trail of Tears because many Indians were dying and they were all losing their home land. -
The Nullification Crisis
The tarrifs of 1828 and1832 were protective tarrifs on imported goods. This severly impacted the south which was in an economic slide already. This bothered South Carolina in particular so they passed the Nullification Act to make the tarrif illegal. Then, they threatened to secede if the tarrifs werent reduced. Jackson in the end lowered the Tarrif which gave the president greater power than before, and kept South Carolina from seceding. -
Worcester V. Georgia
The Georgia Government had passed a law requiring anyone other than Cherokees who lived on Indian territory to have a license from the state. Samuel Worcester and several other missionaries established a mission on Cherokee land at the request of the Cherokees and with permission of the U.S. government. The state of Georgia charged Worcester and the other missionaries with “residing within the limits of the Cherokee nation without a license.” Worcester and the missionaries got 4 years of labor.
