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Jackson Timeline
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Election of 1824
In the Election of 1824, the candidates were Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and William Crawford. Jackson and Crowford were of the Democratic party, while Adams and Clay were of the Whig party. Adams ended up winning and Clay ended up becoming his Secretary of State. Jackson called this election a "corrupt bargain" because he believed that Adams and Clay had made a deal in secret. -
Election of 1828
In the Election of 1828, the candidates were Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams. Jackson won the Election of 1828 by a landslide, since he was a president who appealed to the common white man and more common men were allowed to vote. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was an act that gave the president the power to move native Americans west of the Mississippi. This act led to The Trail of Tears. -
Bank War
The second bank of the United States earned strong support from business people. They liked the fact that they could make loans, but the farmers did not like the idea since they could not borrow money to buy more land. Andrew Jackson called this bank "the monster" since it made too many loans and did not get the money back, which put america in big debt. The bank ceased to exist when its charter ran out in 1836 and Jackson vetoed it. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia was the Supreme Court case that proved that Indians had a right to remain in Georgia. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was a conflict between South Carolina and the federal government over tariff acts. The tariff acts hurt southern planters. South Carolina passed the Nullification Act to declare the tariff illegal and threatened to secede if the tariff was not taken away. Eventually this issue was solved by Henry Clay, who came up with a compromise that would lower the tariffs, but give the president more power to use force if a state threatened to secede.
