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Jackson's Birth
He was born in the Waxhaws region in between North and South Carolina and his parents were Andrew and Elizebeth Hutchinson Jackson. Jackson's birth came just three weeks after the sudden death of his father at 29. -
Jackson Enlists in Revolutionary Army
Jackson joined the army at age 13 with his brother with his brother Robert Jackson, who later died. He joined the army as a courier. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Was fought during the War of 1812 in the Mississippi Territory, now central Alabama. General Andrew Jackson led his troop to the Red Stick fortification. United forces and Indian allies defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe who opposed American expansion, effectively ending the Creek War. -
Battle of New Orleans
This was the final major and most one-sided battle of the War of 1812. Major General Andrew Jackson lead the militia to a victory against the British, which vaulted Jackson to national stardom. This battled occured even though the treaty had been signed and the war was over because the word was slow. -
Election of 1824
Was named the Corrupt Bargain because Its is believed that Henry Clay, The Speaker of the House at the time, convinced Congress to elect Adams, who then made Clay his Secretary of State. The candidates for this election were Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay,and William Crawford but Adams ended up winning the election from the electoral votes.Although Adams won the political party that controlled the national poilitics were the Democrats. -
Election of 1828
The candidates of the election were John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Jackson recieved 140,839 more popular votes than Adams. The regions that provided Jackson with the most support were the Frontier States and the South. Jackson ended up winning this election against Adams. -
Indian Removal Act
This law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. A few tribes moved peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. The journey made by the Cherokee tribe to an area in present-day Oklahoma from its land east of the Mississippi river was named The Trail of Tears. -
Worcester v. GA
This was a conflict between Georgia and the Cherokee's. The Cherokee's turned to the US Surpreme Court after Georgia made their land part of the state and began to enforce state laws in the Cherokee Nation. The Chief Justice was John MArshall and he ruled that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee. Jackson was opposed to this ruling and challenged Marshal to enfore his ruling. -
Bank War
This was a political struggle over the issue of rechartering The Secong Bank of the US. Andrew Jackson disliked the bank because he thought it was too powerful and was unconstitutional. He also thought the president, Nicholas Biddle, and administraters of the bank were using it for their own benefit. Eventually JAckson vetoed the Bank when its charter went up for renewal. -
Nullification Crisis
This was a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government. The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff but it hurt southern planters, who called it the Tariff of Abominations.South Carolina declared the tariff illegal by passing the Nullification Act and then threatened to secede from the US if the tariff wasnt lowered. The crisis was resolved by a compromise designed by Henry Clay that lowered the tariff but gave the president more power to use force if a state tried to secede.
