Transcript Age of Jackson

Age of Jackson
Battle of New Orleans
*1815 -Defeats the British
*This makes Jackson a national hero
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Florida
*1816 - Sent to capture runaway
slaves.
*Blows up Fort Negro and 250 slaves
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Florida
*1818 - Sent to crush Indians, Seminoles.
*Tricks two chiefs in and hangs them
*Captures two British citizens Jackson
thinks helped the Seminoles.
He hangs one and shoots the other.
*Captured Pensecola, capital of
Spanish Florida
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Election of 1824
*Jackson gets most of the popular vote
*Jackson gets most of the electoral vote
*The House of Representatives vote for
John Q. Adams to be President.
Corrupt Bargain with Clay????
*Clay becomes the new Sec. of State
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Election of 1828
*Jackson gets most of the popular vote
*Jackson gets majority of the electoral vote
*Jackson becomes the President.
*Jackson’s wife dies before he takes office
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Spoils System
*”To the victor belongs the spoils.”
*Jackson gave government jobs and positions
to his supporters
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Bank of the United States
*He does not renew the charter for the Bank
of United States.
*He puts the federal money into “pet banks”
*The Bank of United States was forced
to shut down
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Nullification
*The right for any state not to follow any
Federal law because it hurt that state
*Jackson claimed every state had to follow
every federal law
*South Carolina was going to leave the
Union because of tariffs
*VP Calhoun is from SC.
Jackson threatens to hang him
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Native Americans
*He felt the Native Americans had no rights
*State of Georgia wants to take their land
*Cherokee went to the US Supreme Court to
try and stay on their land.
*He did not listen to the Supreme Court
*He ordered Indians off their land
*Cherokee move on the Trail of Tears
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Election of 1832
*Nicholas Biddle was the president of the
Bank of United States
*He represents everything Jackson dislikes
*Clay convinces Biddle to reapply for charter
hoping that Jackson would veto it
*Jackson vetoes the charter & Americans
back him
*Clay’s plan backfires and Jackson wins