THE JACKSONIAN ERA

ANDREW JACKSON

IN ELECTION OF 1824 JACKSON WON THE POPULAR VOTE BUT LOST THE ELECTION TO JOHN Q. ADAMS

JACKSON CALLED THIS THE CORRUPT BARGAIN

ANDREW JACKSON

NICKNAMED “OLD HICKORY”

FELT HE WAS THE VOICE OF THE “COMMON MAN”

SET UP THE SPOILS SYSTEM-FIRING HIS ENEMIES AND HIRING HIS FRIENDS

ANDREW JACKSON

HE MANAGED BY USING FEAR

JACKSON'S KITCHEN CABINET WAS MADE UP OF FRIENDS, WHO HE LISTENED TO INSTEAD OF HIS OFFICIAL CABINET MEMBERS

ANDREW JACKSON

HE SIGNED THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830 FORCING ALL NATIVE AMERICANS TRIBES LIVING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE WEST

ANDREW JACKSON

ONE TRIBE, THE CHEROKEE SUED AND WON THEIR CASE, BUT JACKSON IGNORED THE SUPREME COURT RULING

NATIVE AMERICANS WERE FORCED BY GUNPOINT TO LEAVE THEIR HOME

ANDREW JACKSON

THE NULLIFICATION CRISIS WAS A DISPUTE OVER A TAX WHICH HELPED NORTHERN STATES INSTEAD OF SOUTHERN STATES

SOUTH CAROLINA THREATEN TO LEAVE THE UNION/THE DISPUTE WAS LATER RESOLVED BY A COMPROMISE