• Describe Andrew Jackson’s philosophy of government, and explain how it contributed to the widening of sectional divisions but also to the rise of popular political participation during his presidency.

• Discuss the origins and result of the Nullification Crisis and the Bank War of 1832–33.

• Outline the growth of a new legal climate within both the state and federal governments that facilitated economic growth, invention, and investment.

• Describe the fate of Native Americans, in both the North and the South, in the wake of the westward expansion of the Jacksonian period.

• Discuss the political innovations that produced a new two-party system arraying Whigs against Democrats, and describe the issues that divided them.

1810 Fletcher v. Peck supports obligation of contracts.

1816 American Colonization Society founded.

1819 Dartmouth College v. Woodward defends corporate charters.

1822 Denmark Vesey’s planned slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina, is exposed.

1824 Gibbons v. Ogden establishes federal jurisdiction over interstate commerce.

1828 Congress enacts the "Tariff of Abominations."

Andrew Jackson defeats John Quincy Adams in presidential election.

1831 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia supports claims of Cherokee tribe.

1832 Jackson vetoes the recharter of the Bank of the United States.

Jackson reelected president against Henry Clay.

South Carolina nullifies the Tariff of 1832.

Worcester v. Georgia supports claims of Cherokee tribe.

Sauk and Fox Indians are forced out of Illinois during the Black Hawk War.

1832–33 During the Bank War, Jackson shifts federal deposits to "pet banks."

1833 Force Bill authorizes Jackson to use troops to enforce tariff.

Henry Clay’s Compromise of 1833 solves sectional dispute over tariff and nullification.

1835 The Treaty of New Echota initiates Cherokee removal to Indian Territory.

Jackson nominates Roger B. Taney as chief justice of the Supreme Court.

1836 The Specie Circular requires payment for public lands in gold or silver.

The Distribution Act returns the federal surplus to the states.

Martin Van Buren defeats three Whig candidates in the presidential election.

1837 Panic of 1837.

Charles River Bridge Company v. Warren Bridge Company challenges state-granted monopolies.

1840 Independent Treasury Act shifts federal funds from private banks to public depositories.