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Jackson's birth
Jackson was born on March 15th 1767, He was Nicknamed old hickory because he was considered tough as wood. -
Jackson enlists in revolutionary Army
At age 13 Jackson entered the Army. -
battle of horseshoe bend
On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Indian allies under Colonel Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe who opposed American expansion, effectively ending the Creek War. This battle was considered part of the war of 1812. The creek indians of Georgia and Alabama had been divided into 2 factions. The Upper Creeks (or Red Sticks), and the Lower Creek -
Battle of New Orleans
Battle happened after the treaty of Ghent. Last major battle of the War of 1812, American forces deafeated invading British army because they were trying to seize New Orleans and the territory the U.S. aquired from the louisiana Puchase. -
Election of 1824
John Quincy Adams was elected president on Feb. 9th 1825. The elcetion was decided by the house of representatives. The election of 1824 is remembered for being the only election since the passage of the 12thy Amendment to have been decided by the House of Representatives -
Election of 1828
The candidates were Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams again. Jackson and his chief Ally Martin Van Buren brought together their bases in the South and New York and easily defeated Adams. The election saw the Jacksonian democracy, which marked the change from first party system to second party system. -
Indian removal act
The Removal Act was strongly supported in the South, where states were eager to gain access to lands inhabited by the Five Civilized Tribes.The Removal Act paved the way for the reluctant—and often forcible—emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West. He removed most of the tribes from the southeast to west of the Mississippi river. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Was a case in which the U.S. supreme court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and stated the Georgia Criminaql statue that prevented indians from being there was unconstitutuional. -
Bank war
The Bank War is the name given to the debate over the Second Bank in the United States and the attempts to destroy it by President Andrew Jackson. At that time, it was the only nationwide bank, along with its president Nicholas Biddle, exerted tremendous influence over the nation's financial system. -
Nullification crisis
The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. The ordinance stated the federal Tarriffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional.
