andrew jackson timeline

  • Corrupt Bargain

    Corrupt Bargain
    this is when he lost Though Jackson won the popular vote, he did not win enough Electoral College votes to be elected.
  • trail of tears

    trail of tears
    In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. ended in 1877
  • Nullification Crisis

     Nullification Crisis
    , the Nullification Crisis represented a pivotal moment in American history as this is the first time tensions between state and federal authority almost led to a civil war.
  • Battle with the National Bank.

    Battle with the National Bank.
    Andrew Jackson hated the National Bank for a variety of reasons. Proud of being a self-made "common" man, he argued that the bank favored the wealthy. As a westerner, he feared the expansion of eastern business interests and the draining of specie from the west
  • spoils system

    spoils system
    he got rid of all the people that were in office and added new people, which were manly people that he knew and liked.