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The Election Of 1824
In the election of 1824 Andrew Jackson won the popularity vote and nobody won the electoral vote, but John Quincy Adams won the election. Just because you win the popularity vote that does not mean you automatically win the whole election. Henry Clay, the leader of The House Of Representatives, had the vote to break the tie of the election, he chose Adams. Jackson called this a corrupt bargain because right after the election Adams hired Clay as Secretary Of State as a reward. -
The Election Of 1828
In the election of 1828 Andrew Jackson won by a blowout. After he won the election Jackson fired all people who were in a political position who did not support him at the white house, and filled them with his loyalists, which is also called the spoils system. -
The Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. -
The Bank War
The Bank War is the political struggle that developed over the issue of getting rid of the national bank during the Andrew Jackson presidency. Jackson wanted the bank gone and he got his way. -
Worcester v. Georgia
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. -
The Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis in 1832–33, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government. The crisis ensued after South Carolina declared that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the boundaries of the state.
