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the emergence of sectionalism
the era of good feeling brought about in the wake of the war of 1812 and the dusk of virginain dominance in washington, D.C. was not long lasting. the missouri compromise pf 1820and the tumultous rehional preidential electon of 1824. -
sequoya writes the cherokee language
in, 1821, after a demonstration of the system to amazed tribal elders, the cherokee nation adopted his alphbet, now called a syllabary. in 1824 the cherokee national council at the new echcota, georgia, honored him with a silver medal, witch he proudly wore for the rest of his life. -
the cumberland road
it was the first road bulit by the federal government -
Election of john quincy adams
the 1824 presidtial election marked the final collapse of the republican-fereralist political framework.for the first time no candidate ran as a federalist,while five signficant candidates competed as democratic-republican -
Erie canal
the erie canal is a canal in new york that originlay ran about 363 miles from albany,new york,on the hudson river to buffalo,and lake erie,at the time completing a navigable water route -
election of andrew jackson
the 1828 presidnetial election was one of the jackson believed, with some reason, that his wife rachel was driven to an early grave by chrges of immorality -
indian removal act
in 1830 just a year after taking office, jackson pushed a new piece of legislation called the indian removal act through both houses of congree. it gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with indian tribes living east of the mississippi in exchange for lands to the west -
nullification crisis
the nullification crisis arose in the early 1830s when leaders of south carolina advanced the idea that a state did not have to follow a ferdal law and could, in effect, nullify, the law -
worchester v. georgia
in the court case worchester v. georgia the U.S. supreme court held in 1832 that the cherokee indians constituted a nation holding distict sovereign powers. -
second siminole war
the treaty of payne's landing, sighned by a small number of seminoles in may 1832, required indian to give their floridans within three yearsand move west.when the U.S. army arrived in 1835 to enforce the treaty,the indians were ready for war, -
panic of 1837
the 1837 crisis and the six-year deprestion that followed had lasting effect on the amrican economy. -
trail of tears
with passage of the indian removal act of 1830 the forced removal of native americans throughout the united states began. by the spring of 1838 almost all tribes east of the mississippi had been relocated further west or dsetroy in battle.in georgia the cherokee tried to desperately hold onto their "enchanted land"