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Birth of Jackson
Born March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaws border region between The Carolinas. -
Bank War
Developeds over the issue of rechartering the national bank under Jackson's term in presidency. Jackson did not charter the bank. -
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was the single bloodiest batle of the War of 1812. Americans under the commandment of Andrew Jackson fire at advancing British soldiers. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle that was fought in the War of 1812 in central Alabama. United States major general Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks ending the Creek War. -
Election of 1824
Results of the presidential election of 1824, won by John Quincy Adams with 84 electoral votes. The 1824 presidential election marked the final collapse of the Republican- Federalist political framework. -
Election of 1828
John adams faced a battle for reelection with Andrew Jackson. Jackson's supporters renewed charges that Adamas made a "corrupt bargain" after the 1824 electiojn. Jackson won the election easily. The politics of the common people were important. -
Trial of Tears
The Cherokees' long, sorrowful journey west because of the Indian Removal Act became known as the Trial of Tears. -
Indian Removal Act
Law passed in 1830 that forced many Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River. In 1838, the United States Army forced more than 15,000 Cherokees westward. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Supreme court declared that Indians had the right to stay, however Jackson ordered that the states had their own rights-The Indian Removal Act to get rid of them. -
Nullification Crisis
Act passed by South Carolina the declared the 1832 tariff illegal.It also threatened to secede, or withdraw, from the Union if challenged.
