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Election of 1824 "The Corrupted Bargain"
The election of 1824, also known as the Corrupted Bargain, was a presidental election between Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and Henry Clay. The election ended with John Quincy Adams as the president, but some say that John Adams and Henry Clay teamed up against Andrew Jackson so John Adams would win. -
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Election of 1828
The presidential election between President John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson. -
Bank War
The Bank War refers to the political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank of the United States (BUS) during the Andrew Jackson administration. -
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. -
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. -
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.