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Andrew Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson's father died three weeks before he was born. Jackson's actual birth location is unknown. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Jackson lead an army against a group of native Americans known as the red Sticks. While the Red Sticks were distracted, three Cherokee indians that were allied with the U.S swam across the river and stole canoes from the Red Sticks. The U,S ended up defeating the Red Sticks. -
Battle of New Orleans
General Andrew Jackson lead a "ragrag team" of American soldiers against the British. The battle lasted one day with British soldiers retreating. -
Election of 1823 "Corrupt Bargain"
Henry Clay knows that he will not win the election, so he agrees with John Q. Adams that if he gives him his supporters, Adams will promise Secretary of State to Clay, Admas wins and Clay gets the S.o.S position. -
Election of 1828
This was a rematch between John Q. Adams and Andrew Jackson. Jackson won by a landslide. -
The Indian removal Act
Forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River. Approximenely 4,000 Cherokees died trying to resist and this was also known as "The Trail of Tears". -
Worchester v. Georgia
(Date not found) The U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers. -
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Worchester v. Georgia
United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional. -
Nullification Crisis
South Carolina threatens to secede from the U.S because Andrew Jackson said that states should not have the right to nullify a federal law. Henry Clay provides a compromise and South Carolina remains in the U.S -
Bank War
The name given to the campaign begun by President Andrew Jackson in 1833 to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, after his reelection.
