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Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson was born on the border of North and South Carolina. -
Jackson Begins Military Career
Jackson is enlisted as colonel into the Tennessee militia during 1801. -
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Andrew Jackson led a group of American militia and Native Americans to defeat the Red Sticks, effectively ending the Creek War. -
Battle of New Orleans
Jackson was the commander of the ragtag militia that defeated Britain in New Orleans... after the War of 1812 had already ended. -
The Election of 1824
After there was no overall winner in the electoral vote for President, John Quincy Adams struck a deal with Speaker of the House Henry Clay. Clay used his position of power to make the House elect Adams for President, and Adams made Clay Secretary of State. Jackson called this unfair exchange “The Corrupt Bargain”. -
The Election of 1828
Jackson won the presidential race of 1828 by a landslide because of the infamous Corrupt Bargain and John Quincy Adams’s ineffectiveness as President. -
Indian Removal Act
This law was passed which allowed the president to negotiate with Native Americans to remove them to reservations in the North. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Georgia was striving to remove Cherokee Indians from their land through the Indian Removal Act, but Worcester, a missionary to the Indians, thought this was unconstitutional and took Georgia to court. A few weeks later, the court ended up ruling in Georgia’s favor, and the Indians continued to be removed from Georgia along the Trail of Tears. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis occured between July 1832 and March 1833. These were brought about because protective tariffs that were established via the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 and hurt South Carolina’s economy and therefore caused them to declare the tariffs void in the state. The country opposed this, and so Henry Clay proposed a compromise: the South would have reduced tariffs but were still subject to federal law. -
Bank War
Andrew Jackson was opposed to a National Bank, so he made many actions, specifically in 1833, to stop it. He contradicted many bank supporters such as Alexander Hamilton and vetoed the charter renewal in 1832. The bank’s charter officially expired in 1836.
