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The Jacksonian Era

  • "Tariff of Abominations" goes into effect

    "Tariff of Abominations" goes into effect
    Tariff of Abominations. The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the Northern United States
  • Andrew Jackson vetoes the Maysville Road Bill

    Andrew Jackson vetoes the Maysville Road Bill
    The Maysville Road veto occurred on May 27, 1830, when United States President Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill that would allow the federal government to purchase stock in the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company, which had been organized to construct a road linking Lexington to Maysville on the Ohio River (Maysville being located approximately 66 miles/106 km northeast of Lexington), the entirety of which would be in the state of Kentucky.
  • Congress passes the Indian Removal Act

    Congress passes the Indian Removal Act
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    The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President 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
  • Supreme court issues Cherokee Nation v. Georgia decision

    Supreme court issues Cherokee Nation v. Georgia decision
    Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) asked the Supreme Court to determine whether a state may impose its laws on Native Americans and their territory.
  • Andrew Jackson vetoes the bank Recharter Bill

    Andrew Jackson vetoes the bank Recharter Bill
    Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill re-chartering the Second Bank in July 1832 by arguing that in the form presented to him it was incompatible with “justice,” “sound policy” and the Constitution.
  • Supreme court issues Worcester v. Georgia decision

    Supreme court issues Worcester v. Georgia decision
    Worcester v. Georgia, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on March 3, 1832, held (5–1) that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land.
  • South Carolina passes ordinance of nullification

    South Carolina passes ordinance of nullification
    The decision was made, and on November 24, 1832, the South Carolina legislature passed the Ordinance of Nullification, which declared the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional, and thereby null and void. The Nullification Crisis began with this act.
  • Congress passes Henry Clay's compromise tariff with Jackson's support

    Congress passes Henry Clay's compromise tariff with Jackson's support
    Congress passed the Force Act that authorized the use of military force against any state that resisted the tariff acts. In 1833, Henry Clay helped broker a compromise bill with Calhoun that slowly lowered tariffs over the next decade.
  • Congress passes the Force Bill, authorizing military force in south Carolina

    Congress passes the Force Bill, authorizing military force in south Carolina
    The Force Bill was passed by Congress on March 2, 1833, during the Nullification Crisis and authorized President Jackson to use military force against any state that resisted the protective tariff laws
  • Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren is elected president

    Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren is elected president
    United States presidential election of 1836, American presidential election held in 1836, in which Democrat Martin Van Buren defeated several Whig Party candidates led by William Henry Harrison
  • Financial panic deflates the economy

    Financial panic deflates the economy
    The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up.
  • Eastern Indians are forced west on trail of tears

    Eastern Indians are forced west on trail of tears
    Trail of Tears, in U.S. history, the forced relocation during the 1830s of Eastern Woodlands Indians of the Southeast region of the United States (including Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole, among other nations) to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.
  • Independent Treasury established

    Independent Treasury established
    Independent Treasury Act. Federal Reserve. This Act required that all federal funds be deposited in treasuries independent of private banks.
  • Whig candidate William Henry Harrison is elected president

    Whig candidate William Henry Harrison is elected president
    Economic recovery from the Panic of 1837 was incomplete, and Whig nominee William Henry Harrison defeated incumbent President Martin Van Buren of the Democratic Party.