The Jackson Era

Background information of Andrew Jackson                                                       

The Election of 1824

The Election of 1828

Jackson as President

   - Spoils System & The Kitchen Cabinet

   - Jackson & the US Bank

        -The Panic of 1837

   -The Nullification Crisis

        -Tariff of Abominations (1828)

        - Henry Clay & the Compromise Tariff of 1833

The Cherokee Nation (for more information about the Cherokee Nation and peoples)  

The Indian Removal Act

   Trail of Tears (information from the Cherokee Nation website) 

   The Journal of Jesse Smoke