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The Cumberland Road
four years earlier , congress had recognized the importance of building a network of national roads to facilitate western immigration . -
Era of good feelings
July 12 1817 although the "era" generally is considered coextensive with president james monroe's two terms (1817-25), it really began in 1815, when for the first time. -
the emergence of sectionalism
In 1815 the United States was a proud. Its second war with England had come to a successful conclusion, and Americans seemed united as never before. -
election of john quincy adams
The u.s. presidential election of 1824 was the 10th quadrennial presidential electiotion, held from tuesday, october 26, to thursday, december 2, 1824. john quincy adams was elected president on february 9, 1825, -
Erie Canal
The erie canal, 584 km (363 miles) long, was the first canal in the u.s. to connect western waterways. -
sequoya writes the cherokee language
Sequoyah never learned to read or write English, but while in Georgia he became captivated by whiteman's he communicated by making marks on paper and reading from "talking leaves." -
tariff of abominations
Tariff of 1828—better known as the Tariff of abominations—passed the House of Representatives, 105 to 94.. -
election of andrew jackson
The 1828 presidential election was one of the dirtiest ever, and Jackson believed, with some reason, that his wife Rachel was driven to an early grave by charges of immorality. -
indian removal act
Indian removal act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
cherokee nation v georgia
cherokee nation, praying an injunction to restrain the state of georgia from the execution of certain laws of that state, which as is alleged, go directly to annihilate the cherokees as political society -
worchester v georgia
In the 1820s and 1830s Georgia conducted a relentless campaign to remove the Cherokees, who held territory within the borders of Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee at the time. In 1827 the Cherokees established a constitutional government. -
president jackson vetos the 2nd national bank of america
andrew jackson vetoed the bill the would have renewed the corporate charter for the Second Bank of the United States. It was one of the most defistateing act of his presidency. -
nullification crisis
By the late 1820's, the north was becoming increasingly industrialized, and the south was remaining predominately agricultural. In 1828, Congress passed a high protective tariff that infuriated the southern states because they felt it only benefited the industrialized north. -
second seminole war
The Treaty of Payne's Landing, signed by a small number of Seminoles in May 1832, required Indians to give up their Florida lands within three years and move west. When the U.S. Army arrived in 1835 to enforce the treaty, -
panic of 1837
Martin Van Buren was better at acquiring presidential power than using it for himself. Van Buren was elected president in 1836, but he saw financial problems beginning even before he entered the White House.1837. -
trails of tears
"Beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida--land their ancestors had occupied and cultivated for generations. By the end of the decade, very few natives remained anywhere in the southeastern United States. Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians’ land, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk thousands of miles" histoy.com
