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Was significant because of the profounded change of the election of a man widely viewed as a champion of common people. But that year's campaigning was also noteworthy for the intense personal attacks widely employed by the supporters of both candidates.
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Was also known as Tariff of Abominations by outraged southerners. They felt that that tax on imports was excessive and unfairly targeted their region of the country.
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Was prompted by settlers in the South to expand into lands belonging to Indian tribes.
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Congress passed many acts for the purpose of creating internal improvements. This term refers to federally funded public works such as building roads or digging canals.
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When gold was discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia, Jackson ignored existing treaties and had one of his own agents, "negotiate" the Treaty of New Echota.
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The Supreme Court said that the Cherokees could not be forced to move.
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The result of the campaign turned out to be based on personalities and tactics which were outrageously underhanded. The election lead to the return to a two-party system, and was the precursor of the familiar two-party system we know today.
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Jackson's campaign against the bank did ultimately cripple the institution.
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An American tariff measure passed by Congress as a compromise for the high tariff act of 1828.
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Arose when leaders of South Carolina advanced the idea that a state did not have to follow a federal law and could "nullify" the law.
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Was fought between the United States and Native Americans in Florida and resulted in a US victory and Native Americans relocated west.
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Despite legal victories by the Cherokees, the United States government began to force the tribe to move west.
