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Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15th in Waxhaws Noth Carolina. -
Jackson's Enlistment
Jackson Elisted to fight the British at age 13. He was captured and slashed across the face with a British officers sword. This made his hatred for the British rise even more. -
Battle of New Orleans
General Jackson lead the U.S in the last battle of 1812. He marched 4,500 men up to 7,500 British and he defeated them in about 30 minutes. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Jackson led American troops to Horseshoe Bend near David, Alabama. He then defeated a small force of Red Stick Indians. This is considered a part of the War of 1812. -
Election of 1824
Jackson was mainly up against John Quincy Adams in this election. Henry Clay dropped out and helped Adams win. This is why Jackson calls this election the "corrupt bargain". -
Election of 1828
The United States presidential election of 1828 had a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson! Jackson won by a landslide in the electoral college. -
Indian removal act
south wanted indians to leave their states and the government said that they had no right. Jackson thought that the south did have the rights to remove the indians. Therefore he passed an act that removed all indian tribes out of the south -
worchester v. georgia
In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 . Although the decision became the foundation of the principle of tribal sovereignty in the twentieth century, it did not protect the Cherokees from being removed from their homeland in the South. -
nullification crisis
south carolina threatened to secede from the nation because of the tariff of the nullification act. -
Bank war
jackson vetoed the bank’s charter. he did this because the bank was hurting the common man.
