Presidents/Vice Presidents & Wannabes
In presidential election of 1828, Andrew Jackson defeated this incumbent president in their bid for re-election to become the seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
After the Indian Removal Act was passed, these were the first Native American peoples to be removed from their ancestral homelands
Choctaw
A persistent political rival throughout the political career of Jackson, he served as Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams, was defeated by Jackson in the presidential election of 1832, and was later one of the most prominent and influential members of the Whig Party
Henry Clay
The Indian Territory was in what’s now this state
Oklahoma
In this region of the U.S., the agriculture industry, specifically cash crops, dominated the economy
South
He was one of Jackson’s most ardent and loyal supporters who’d later succeed him by winning the presidency in 1836 to become the eighth President of the United States
Martin Van Buren
These Native American peoples sued the state of Georgia after refusing to move from their ancestral lands in the state and being attacked by Georgia militias
Cherokee
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after the Court issued its ruling in the case of Worcester v. Georgia, President Jackson said of him, he’s “made his decision; now let him enforce it.”
John Marshall
This state passed the Nullification Act in protest to federal tariffs leading to the Nullification Crisis
South Carolina
The economy of this major region of the U.S. was driven by manufacturing and trade
North
He’d served as the vice president during Jackson’s first term as president and would later anonymously write and publish a controversial essay that contributed to the outbreak of the Nullification Crisis
John C. Calhoun
After hearing of the mistreatment of the Choctaw Natives, this Native American Tribe resisted and were eventually bound with chains and taken to Indian Territory
Creek
This man was serving as the director of national bank (Second Bank of the United States) when he publicly pushed a bill in Congress to renew the bank’s charter
Nicholas Biddle
In the presidential election of 1828, President John Quincy Adams who was from this New England state, was defeated in his re-election bid by Andrew Jackson
Massachusetts
This region of the U.S. had ample cheap land which as attracting many Americans to it; it was also heavily reliant on the agriculture industry, specifically ranching
West