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Jackson's Birth
On March 15, 1767, in Waxhaws, Elizabeth and Andrew Jackson had a son named Andrew Jackson. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
On March 27, 1814, in Alabama, the Muskog, Cherokee, and the US Militia fought the Battle of Horseshoe Bend to win the creek war. -
Battle of New Orleans
In 1815, Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans against the British, which meant hundreds of soldiers were killed, Americans achieved a decisive victory, Jackson became a national hero. -
Election of 1824
In 1824, Andre Jackson and John Quincy Adams ran for president in the Election of 1824, which led to Jackson winning the popular vote but no candidate received more than half of the electoral votes, the house of representatives chose John Quincy Adams as president. jackson was under the impression that Adams and Clay made a deal for him to win. -
Election of 1828
In 1828, Andrew Jackson defeated John Quincy Adams in the Election of 1828 and became the President of the U.S., which led to the formation of the Democratic political party and the Age of Jackson. -
Nullification Crisis
In 1828, Congress passed a law raising the national tarriff, which put a tax on manufactured goods from europe. The southern states wanted to nullify the tariff because it would hurt them and make them poor. This action of nullification sent the nation into a crisis, which in 1832 jackson vowed to uphold the law and asked congress for the powe of the federal government if needed. This crisis ended in 1833, congress passed the force bill which allowed jacson to use the military to enforce -
Indian Removal Act
In 1830, Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which allowed federal government to pay Native Americans to move west. -
Bank War
In 1832, Jackson vetoed the renewal of the Bank's Charter declaring war on the bank of the US which he thought was unconstitutional. He decided to kill it by ordering all government deposits withdrawn & placed in smaller state banks. The effect of his actions led to the Panic of 1837 & sent the nation into a financial panic where many people lost their jobs and farmers lost their land. Land values dropped and banks failed. Many couldn't afford food or rent. -
Worcester v. Georgia
In 1832, the Cherokee sued the state of Georgia in the Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia, which meant the court ruled that Georgia had no right interfere with Cherokee while Jackson supported Georgia's efforts. -
Trail of Tears
In 1838, the U.S. sent the Cherokee Indians wedt to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears, which led to a breakout of illness which killed 2,000 people, hunger and exposure to the weather led to the deaths of another 2,000, by the end of the relocation, 1/4 of the cherokee indians were dead.
