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Jackson's Birthday
On this day, Andrew jackson was born unaware of his presential days ahead. His birth cite is located right around Tallaseehatchee Creek. -
Jackson enlists in Revolutionary Army
Jackson joined the army at age 13. With his brother Robert Jackson, who later died. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, was fought during the war of 1812 in Mississippi territory, now central Alabama. It's important because the upper creek lost more than 550 killed, while Jacksons combined forces lost only 49. -
Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson defends New Orleans in war of 1812. This battle was the last armed engagement between the United States and Britain. -
Election of 1824
Lasting for almost a month and a half, the Elction of 1824 was the tenth presidential election and was between Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and William Crawford. Jackson won the high vote, but there needed to be a tie breaker between Jackson and Quincy Adams. Henry Clay was the voter to break the tie. Jackson called this a corrupt bargain because he thought Henry convinced the congress to vote for Adams. Even though he thought this, Jackson won by a landslide. -
Election of 1828
The election of 1828 was the eleventh quadrennial presidential election and was mainly against John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Jackson once again won the election and continued serving as president. -
Bank War
The Bank War began in 1829 and would be described as a struggle Jacskon had between rechatering the second bank. Jackson thought the bank had too much power, so he struggled for eight years to get the banks back under control. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act removed all indians from Georgia and forced them to move west out of the United States. We forced them to move to give us more power and to have more legal citizens in Georgia. This was also know as the Trial of Tears because while the indians were moving many of them died during the move. -
Warcester v. Ga
Worcester v. Georgia was a conflict about Georgia wanting to move the Indians away, but in the end the Supreme Court said that it was unconstitutional to force the Indians out of the state. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was a time during jacksons presidency and was a confrontation between South Calolina and the Fedeal Government. The government placed a tax on the south that the southerners did not aggre with. South Carolina declared the tariff illegal and passed the Nullification Act.
