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Election of 1824
The Election of 1824, otherwise known as the "Corrupt Bargain" was a run between John Q. Adams and Andrew Jackson, which Adams won. This election was known as the "Corrupt Bargain" because Henry Clay used his position in the goverment to influence the HOR's votes. Clay influenced them to vote for Adams instead of Jackson, resulting in Jackson's loss. -
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Election of 1828
The candidates for the election of 1828 were, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Jackson won 11 more popular votes than Adams and won most of the Electoral college votes. Calhoun was Jackson's running mate and this helped Jackson win. -
Indian Removal Act
On May 28, 1830 the Indian removal act was put into place. Under the order of President Andrew Jackson all Indians were to be moved to current day Oklahoma. This led to 20,000 Indians death and many were sick or injured during this perilous journey which earned this journey its name, "The Trail of Tears". Of course, Jackson didn't really care as long as the "dangerous" Indians were out of the way, Out of sight, out of mind. -
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Bank War
One of the major events of Andrew Jackson's presidency was, the Bank Wars, the president of the bank was Nicholas Biddle. Jackson felt that the National Bank was too powerful and when the charter came around Jackson turned it down, on the grounds that a National Bank was unconstitutional. Jackson used the court case of McColloch v. Maryland as evidence that the Bank was unconstitutional. -
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Worcester v. Georgia
In 1834 Congress officially established Indian Territory in current day Oklahoma. One Indian tripe, the Cherokee, refused to move and in response Georgia made the Cherokee land their land and pressured the Cherokee to move off of "their" land. The Cherokee sued Georgia in the Worcester v. Georgia case, which went to Supreme Court. The Chief Justice this case, John Marshall, who ruled in favor of the Cherokee. Jackson opposed this ruling and dared Marshall to enforce his ruling, which he did not. -
Nullification Crisis
In 1828 and 1823 two tariffs were passed on imported goods, the tariffs were meant to help the U.S. economy but ended up hurting the Southern economy and only slightly helped the North. South Carolina was so strongly against these tariffs that they made them unenforcable on Feburary 1, 1833. Other states such as, New England, threatended to secede if the tariffs were not nullified.The Compromise of 1833 eventually brought an end to this crisis, but neither side won or lost.
