Nation of Nations 3/e Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, and Stoff
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KEY EVENTS

1819-1823 Panic and depression: popular demand for relief strengthens democratic reform movement

1822 Denmark Vessey conspiracy: slave rebellion averted, but increase suspicions about northern plans for tariffs and slavery

1823 Biddle becomes president of the Bank of the United States: bank expands operations in the economy

1824 Tariff duties raised

Jackson finishes first in presidential race

1825 House elects John Quincy Adams president: Jackson's supporters charge a "corrupt bargain"

1826 William Morgan kidnapped: case generates the Anti-Masonic movement

1827 Cherokees adopt written constitution: accommodationists prevail

1828 Tariff of Abominations: increase in tariff gives no relief to South

South Carolina Exposition and Protest: doctrine of nullification outlined

Jackson elected president: new democratic politics

1830 Webster-Hayne debate: nationalist and states' rights theories of the Union discussed

Indian Removal Act: eastern tribes forced to move west of the Mississippi River

1830-1838 Indian removal

1831 Antimasonic Party holds first nominating convention: greater participation of the "common man" in politics

1832 Worcester v. Georgia: Supreme Court rules in favor of the Cherokees but Jackson ignores the ruling

Jackson vetoes recharter of the national bank: becomes major issue in the presidential election

Jackson re-elected

South Carolina nullifies tariff: confrontation between state and Jackson threatens the country

Jackson's Proclamation on Nullification: enunciates the theory of a perpetual union

1833 Force Bill: threatens coercion against South Carolina

Tariff duties reduced: compromise ends the nullification crisis

Jackson removes deposits from the Bank of the United States: movement to destroy the bank

1833-1834 Biddle's panic: Biddle fails to force Jackson into restoring the deposits

1834 Whig party organized

1835-1842 Second Seminole war: Seminoles removed by force

1836 Specie circular: bursts speculative land boom

Van Buren elected president: Democrats retain national power

1837 Charles River Bridge case: court promotes free competition

Economic Panic: warning of impending economic crash

1838 Trail of Tears: Cherokees removed to the West

1839-1843 Depression: Van Buren and Democrats blamed

1840 Independent Treasury Act: replaces national bank

Harrison elected president: first Whig national victory

1842 First professional minstrel troupe: popular entertainment promotes racist stereotypes

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