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Birth of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was born with two Presbyterian parents,and was born in South Carolina. Three weeks before his birth,his father had died,Leaving him to be born with only his mother. -
Jackson enlists in Revolutionary war
Andrew Jackson was enlisted into the war by James Monroe to lead a campaign on Georgia against the Semnole Indians. -
Battle of Horseshoe bend
This battle was of the Americans allied by Cheerokees against the Indian tripe known as the Creeks,and was a crushing victory for Andrew Jackson. At the end of the battle,the Creek's leader had walked into Jackson's capm and surrendered. -
Battle of New Orleans
The war was one of the final battles of the War of 1812,that was a battle agains the British and the Americans. This battle had ended with the Americans winning. -
Election of 1824
Known as the corrupt bargain because of Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams made a bargain in which Adams managed to win the the election in the House of Represenatives. In this bargain,Henry Clay played the role of a speaker of the House of Represenatives,which led to the victory of Adams as the new president. -
Election of 1828
This election was Andrew Jackson's second chance at getting elected, and the House of Represenative's,Henry Clay,was not in the nominee party. With this,John Quincy Adams could not get the advantage. When Jackson won,he used a "Spoils system" and fired all the federalists that were in a relationship to Adams. -
Indian Removal act
The moving of Native Americans west of the Mississipi river,and in which the surpreme court case Worcester vs Georgia ended with the result of Indians having the right to stay. -
Worcester vs Georgia
A supreme court case discussing the topic of the Native Indians in the Indian removal act having the right to stay instead of having to be forcefully moved west of the Mississipi river. -
Nullification Crisis
Proctective tariff of 1828 that had brought the Southern states planters to the point of possibly seceding from America. As well as outlaw the tariff with the Nullification act. Southerners had also called this tariff the "Tariff of Abominations". Henry Clay ended this conflict with a compromise of lower tariffs. -
Bank war
This happened because Jackson believed that the National bank,who's job was to regulate economic trade,was too powerful. He had felt that he HAD to elliminate it,even though Alexander Hamilton had created the bank.
