Post on 25-Jul-2015
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Andrew Jackson
Jackson was a self maid man
born poor
Representative the new west
His nicknames were- old hicery, king Andrew
The election of 1824• Jackson had most election and popular
votes but lost the election.
• John Quincian Adams became president
• The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 gave Western farmers use of the important Mississippi River waterway, removed the French presence from the western border of the United States, and provided U.S. settlers with vast potential for expansion.
• A few weeks afterwards, war broke out between Britain and Napoleonic France. The United States, dependent on European revenues from the export of agricultural goods, tried to export food and raw materials to both warring Great Powers and to profit from transporting goods between their home markets and Caribbean colonies. Both sides permitted this trade when it benefited them but opposed it when it did not.
Indian Removal
• Force all Indians to move west of the Mississippi river. The charictey took case to supreme court but nothing happen.