Jackson portrait

The Jackson Era

  • Jacksons Birth

    Jacksons Birth
    He was born in the Waxhaws Region, which is between North and South Carolina. Hos dad died 3 weeks before he was born.
  • Revoluionary Army

    Revoluionary Army
    He was 13 when joining the army as a courier. He delivers all mail adn packages dury war.
  • The Battle of Horseshoe Bend

    The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
    The US and the Indian allies defeated th e redsticks who were a part of the Creek Indian tribe. They were opposed to American expansion.
  • The Battle of New Orleans

    The Battle of New Orleans
    In the bloody Battle of New Orleans, future President Andrew Jackson and a assortment of militia fighters, frontiersmen, slaves, Indians and even pirates weathered a assault by a British force, inflicting devastating casualties along the way. The victory vaulted Jackson to national stardom, and helped foil plans for a British invasion of the American frontier.
  • The Election of 1824

    The Election of 1824
    Andrew Jackson had more electoral and popular votes but it was decieded by The House of Represntatives. There were four candidates. Andrew Jackson had the most votes but no candidate had the most electoral, meaning he didnt have the majority of votes. This is the only time in which the candidate who had the most votes didnt become President.
  • Election of 1828

    Election of 1828
    This election was Adams vs Jackson and is known as the dirtiest most furios election is US history.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act
    It gave the President the athority to nagotiate with the indians for their removal to federal territory west of the MS river in exchange for their ancestrial homeland.
  • Worcester v. Georgia

    Worcester v. Georgia
    It ruled in favor of Worcester overturning his lower court conviction for living on cherokee nation lands without a state of Geogia perment
  • Nullification Crisis

    Nullification Crisis
    This allowed a sttate, particularly South Carolina to declare a federal law unconstitutional and therefore null and void within that state
  • Bank War

    Bank War
    Jacksons hate for The Bank of the US and its President Nicholas Biddle lead to the fall of the bank, because it funded to only the rich and wealthy and gave loans to only the liked.