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Election of 1824
During this election, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and William Crawford were all running for president. Both Clay and Crawford drop out during the event. During this election there was a deal called the Corrupt Bargain. This was because Clay helped Adams become president with his influence as a speaker. This caused Jackson to lose, and Clay benefited by Adams choosing him as Secretary of State. -
Election of 1828
In this election, Jackson and Adams ran for president. Jackson won by getting 140, 839 more popular votes than Adams and 79 more electoral votes. He was mostly supported by frontier states and South regions. -
Indian Removal Act
After the Cherokees were forced off their land by Georgia and those wanting to expand West (Indian Removal Act). Some of the Indians weren't prepared for the trip. It resulted in a event called the Trail of Tears, because of its difficult conditions, sush as illnesses, exposed to weather, starved, and many deaths. Resulting in 1/4 population gone (about 4000). -
Worcester v. Georgia
The Cherokees were forced of their land by Georgia and resisted because they thought it was unfair by all the treaties of the 1790s. Instead of fighting they went to the Supreme Court and sued. This was called Worcester v. Georgia. The Chief Justice was John Marshal. He ruled that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee. Jackson rejected the ruling and challenged Marshal to enforce his own ruling. -
Bank War
Jackson though the bank was too powerful and that they were using it for their own profit. Jackson didn't like the recharter of the bank because they thought if Jackson tried to veto the bank he would lose support and Clay could run for president in the 1832 election.Jackson also told Martin Van Buren, "The Bank is trying to kill me. But I will kill it." Jackson later on vetoed the bill and argued that the bank was unconstitutional in contrary to McCullouh v. Maryland. The bank soon closed down. -
Nullification Crisis
The Tarriff of Abomination was made to protect U.S. industry by increasing tarriffs on goods from Europe. The South named this tarrriff an abomination because the high tarriff hurt the South economy, and threatened to secede. To prevent a Civil War between North and South, Jackson got Clay's help to create a compromise that lowered the tarriff but gave the president more power to use force if a state threatened to secede.
