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#Jackson-Era

Events indexed under #Jackson-Era — 11 entries in the record.

11 events From Mar 4, 1829 To Nov 1, 1838 Open in filter view →
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1829 · 1 event1830 · 1 event1832 · 3 events1833 · 2 events1835 · 1 event1836 · 1 event1837 · 1 event1838 · 1 event18291838
DateEventLanesStatus
1838-11-01Swartwout Embezzles $1.2 Million, Exposing Spoils System Corruption
Samuel Swartwout · Andrew Jackson · Martin Van Buren · U.S. Treasury
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1837-05-10Panic of 1837 Begins as Banks Refuse Specie Conversion, Triggering Five-Year Depression
Martin Van Buren · Andrew Jackson · New York banks · State banks · +1
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1836-07-11Jackson Issues Specie Circular Requiring Hard Money for Land Purchases, Triggering Credit Contraction
Andrew Jackson · Levi Woodbury · Martin Van Buren · U.S. Treasury Department · +1
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1835-12-29Treaty of New Echota Signed by Unauthorized Cherokee Minority Provides Legal Pretext for Forced Removal
Cherokee Nation · John Ross · Treaty Party · U.S. Congress · +2
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1833-10-01Nicholas Biddle Deliberately Contracts Credit to Create "Biddle's Panic" and Force Bank Recharter
Nicholas Biddle · Second Bank of the United States · Andrew Jackson · Henry Clay · +3
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1833-09-26Jackson Removes Federal Deposits to "Pet Banks" Selected Through Political Patronage, Not Financial Merit
Andrew Jackson · Roger Taney · Louis McLane · William J. Duane · +2
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1832-11-24South Carolina Nullification Crisis Previews Slave Power Secession Tactics
John C. Calhoun · Andrew Jackson · South Carolina · Henry Clay · +1
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1832-07-10Jackson Vetoes Second Bank Recharter, Triggering Financial Manipulation by Both Sides
Andrew Jackson · Nicholas Biddle · Henry Clay · Daniel Webster · +1
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1832-03-03Supreme Court Rules Georgia Cannot Seize Cherokee Lands; Jackson Refuses to Enforce Decision
John Marshall · Andrew Jackson · Samuel Worcester · Cherokee Nation · +2
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1830-05-28Indian Removal Act Authorizes Ethnic Cleansing to Benefit Land Speculators and Slaveholders
Andrew Jackson · U.S. Congress · Cherokee Nation · Five Civilized Tribes · +2
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1829-03-04Andrew Jackson Inaugurates Spoils System, Replacing Merit with Political Loyalty
Andrew Jackson · Martin Van Buren · William Marcy · Federal civil servants
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