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As the nation grew a growing spirit of equality statred spreading.
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There were four candadites for the President of 1824. All four were members of the old Republican Party.
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No clear candidate emerges. In the election of 1824, Jackson won popular vote but no candidate won a majority of the electoral votes.
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This time Andrew Jackson was Adam’s only opponent.
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In 1828 Conngress passed the highest tariff in the history of the nation.
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In 1828 Georgia claimed the right to make laws for the Cherokee nation.
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In 1829 Andre Jackson is offically inagurated,
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In the 1830's new poltical parties began to take shape.
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During the 1830's each poltical party began to hold a nominating convention, where delegates from all the states chose the party's candidate for President.
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Daniel Webster makes a speech before the Senate attacking the idea of nullification.
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Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which forces Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi.
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Congress passes a new tariff that lowered the tariff rate slightly.
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President Andrew Johnson vetoed the bill to renew the charter of the Bank of the United States.
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The Reform Act doubles the number of eligible voters in Britain.
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The second Seminole war begins and lasts until 1842.
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Without a new charter the National Bank has to close. It’s closing in 1836 contributed to an economic crisis.
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Canadian colonists revolt and demand democratic reform.
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Two months after Van Buren takes office he faces the worst economic crisis the nation had known.
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The United States Army drives more than 15,000 Cherokees westward.