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Jackson's Birth
The birth of the war hero, Andrew Jackson -
Jackson Enlists in Revolutionary Army
Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans and became a national hero. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Another fight between European Americans and Americn Indians. The battle resulted in many acres of land rewarded to the U.S from the American Indians. -
Battle of New Orleans
British attack New Orleans and it results in many major casualties -
Election of 1824
John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives in what was termed by some individuals a Corrupt Bargain. -
Election of 1828
It featured a re-match between incumbent President John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, the runner-up in the election of 1824. With no other major candidates, Jackson and his chief ally Martin Van Buren consolidated their bases in the South and New York and easily defeated Adams. -
Indian Removal Act
The law authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina. -
Worchester vs. Ga
a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional. -
Bank War
The Bank War refers to the political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank of the United States during the Andrew Jackson administration (1829–1837).
