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Election of 1824
Description- The Election of 1824 was a presidential election, held from Tuesday, October 26, to Thursday, December 2,1824. It was the first presidental election in which the candidate who received the most electoral votes, which was Andrew Jackson, did not become President. The House of Representatives had to vote to break the tie.
Impact-This election is notable for being the only time since the passage of the Twelfth Amendment in which the presidential election was decided by the House of Rep -
Election of 1828
Description- The election of 1828 was a Presidential Election held from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. It featured a re-match between President John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, the winner of the electoral college in the election of 1824.
Impact- The election of 1828 was important as a turning point in American politics with some historians and political scientists arguing that it introduced a model for modern American politics and the two-party system. -
Indian Removal Act
Description-The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress on May 28,1830,while Andrew Jackson was president. 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 homelands.
Impact- This act let to the Trail of Tears, which was what the Cherokee people called this journey,because of its devastating effects. -
Worcester vs. Georgia
Description- Worcester v.Georgia deals with Georgia state laws that were passed in the middle of the 1800s.They were passed following an agreement reached between the Cherokee tribe and the government of Georgia.The laws stated a prohibition of non-Indians from living in Indian territories. Only Non-Native Americans with special permission from the government were allowed to live on these lands.
Impact- The case of Worcester v. Georgia established the legal principle of 'tribal sovereignty.' -
Nullification Crisis
Description- The Nullification Crisis was a crisis in 1832–33,during the presidency of Andrew Jackson and included a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government.The Tariff of 1832, despite pleas from Southern representatives,did not moderate the protective barriers erected in earlier legislation.
Impact- In 1832, after another tariff, South Carolina declared the tariffs null and void,and threatened to leave the Union.Foreshadowed the eventual secession of the South in 1860. -
Bank War
Description- The Bank War refers to the political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank of the United States, during the Andrew Jackson administration.
Impact-The federal deposits were not returned to the Second Bank,so its charter expired in 1836. President Jackson had won the Bank War because he vetoed the bank and didn’t sign the charter.
