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Sauk Removal
A treaty signed in St. Louis in 1804 when the American government made its first inroads into the upper Mississippi River Valley. During the mid- to late 18th century, the Great Lakes region underwent changes due to warfare first between the French and the British and then between the British and the American colonists. Could not find date -
Sequoya Writes the Cherokee Language
Sequoyah is the inventor of the Cherokee syllabary. The Cherokee language split into two main dialects after the Cherokee began voluntary migration west to Arkansas prior to the Revolutionary War and continuing up to the Trail of Tears. Could not find date -
The Cumberland Road
The Cumberland Road was the first major highway built by the federal government. This road was built during the Transportaton Revolution. Could not find date -
Era of Good Feelings
The Era of Good Feelings was a period in U.S. history when, the Federalist party declined, there was open party feeling. After the War of 1812 all sections were anxious to return to a normal life and to forget political issues. -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is located in New York. Many immigrants worked on the canal also known as "Clintons Ditch". -
Choctaw, Creek and Chickasaw Removal
Georgians began to demand that the United States extinguish the Indian title to lands within their state. President James Monroe determined that arranging the exchange of acreage in the East for areas in the West. While the federal government tried to create inducements to convince the Southeastern Indians to leave their homes, the discovery of gold in Georgia led to more aggressive demands for immediate removal. Could not find date -
The Emergence of Sectionalism
The Emergence of Sectionalism was a conflict of congressional action in the 1820s and 1830s. Could not find date -
Election of John Quincy Adams
In the election of John Quincy Adams, Adams had 84 electoral votes and 108,740 popular votes. Adams was elected president in 1825, after the electon was decided by the House of Representatives. -
Election of Andrew Jackson
Jackson's heroics as a general had a far greater hold on the people than the governmental experience of his competitors John Quincy Adams, William Harris Crawford, John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay. -
Gold is Discovered in the Cherokee Nation Triggering America's First Gold Rush
Whispers of the gold in Georgia spread slowly, but it turned into a big discussion when the Georgia Journal ran a story on "Gold...two mines in Habersham." Could not find date -
Tariff of Abominations
A protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828 designed to protect industry in the northern United States. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Cherokee Nation vs Georgia
The Cherokee Nation, prayed for injunction to restrain the state of Georgia from the execution of certain laws of that state, and to seize, for the use of Georgia, the lands of the nation which have been assured to them by the United States. Could not find date -
Worchester Vs Georgia
Georgia conducted a campaign to remove the Cherokees, who held territory within the borders of Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee at the time. -
President Jackson Vetos the 2nd National Bank of America
President Andrew Jackson announces that the government will no longer use the Second Bank of the United States, the country's national bank. He then used his executive power to remove all federal funds from the bank. -
Nullification Crisis
Sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional. -
Second Seminole War
Was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between various groups of Native Americans and it was the most expensive Indian War fought by the United States. Could not find date -
Election of Martin Van Buren
Van Buren secured the nomination, winning it on a unanimous, first ballot vote at the convention. Van Buren's running mate was Congressman Richard Johnson of Kentucky. His victory resulted from a combination of his own political and personal qualities, Jackson's popularity and endorsement, the organizational power of the Democratic party. Could not find date -
Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices and wages went down while unemployment went up. Could not find date -
Trail of Tears
State governments joined in this effort to drive Native Americans out of the South. Several states passed laws limiting Native American rights and their territory. Americans wanted the Native American's valuable land so they drove them out to a new Indian Territrory.
