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Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson was born a few weeks after his father died in a logging accident. he was born somewhere near the North Carolina and South Carolina present day border. He grew up in poverty and ended up joining the military -
Jackson enlists in the army
At age 13 Andrew Jackson enlisted in the army and him and his brother both were captured by the british. He has a gash on his face because he refused to polish the redcoat's boots and they slashe his hand and face with a sword. -
Battle at Horseshoe Bend
This battle was fought with major general ANDREW JACKSON. They fought the war in the Miss. teritory, which is present day Alabama. They defeated the red sticks part of the creek indian tribe. -
Battle of New Orleans
The battle of new orleans happended janurary 8-18 1815. Jackson slopped togethr a grop of soliders, indians, slaves, and even pirates to fend off the british, which had the superior group of men. Jackson not only won the battle, but he also became famous for what he did, helping his campain as well. -
The Election of 1824
The final canidates were Andrew Jackson with 99 electoral votes, John Quincy Adams with 84 electoral votes, and William Crawford had 41 votes. It seemed as though Andrew Jackson would win because he had 43% popular vote vs. John Quincy Adam who got just 30% of the popular vote. Even though Jackson had the most votes he did not have the majority. Now it went to the house of representitves. Henry Clay, the speaker of the house of representitives, had ran for president as well and had launched... -
Continued Election of 1824
...some of the hardest attacks on Jackson decided to secure the white house for John Quincey Adams. In return Adams made his secretary of state Henry Clay. This was a bad move because then Jackson supporters called it a Corrupt Bargain because they thought that the elite insiders chose for their own benefit, not for the benfit of the people. -
Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson won this race. He didn't just beat his opponents, he squashed them. They didn't even have a chance. -
Indian Removal Act
Act passed by Andrew Jackson that gave him the power to "negotiate" with the indians to move past the mississippi and the US recieved the land that they haved lived on for thousands of years...But is this even constitutional -
Worcester vs. Georgia
This man to the right was a ministry for the native americans and fwlt it was unconstitutional to send them away. nd he was right. -
Nullification Crisis
South Carolina declared the tariff of 1828 was unconstitutional and that they could ignore it. When they said thast they had to pay the tariff they threatened to secede from the union. Henry Clay, "The Comprimiser" stepped in and lowered the tariff to stay unified. -
Bank War
Andrew Jackson didn't agree with the bank and decided to veto the next charter that came in. He didn't like the bank because the people that ran the bank were not elected, even though they ran the economy. He vowed to kill it.
