Milestones

1828

Andrew Jackson is elected president

1833

Treasury Secretary Roger B. Taney orders

1829

Crowds cause chaos at Jackson’s White House

Treasury funds removed from Bank of the

Inaugural reception

United States

Jackson relies on his “Kitchen Cabinet”

Calhoun and Clay push through Compromise

1830

Daniel Webster, in his “Second Reply to Hayne,”

Tariff

Calls Union perpetual and indissoluble

1836

Jackson issues Specie Circular to control

Jackson vetoes the Maysville Road Bill

Speculation

1831

Nat Turner leads slave rebellion in Virginia

Martin Van Buren is elected president

Chief Justice Marshall denies Cherokee rights in

1837-

Panic sweeps nation, ending boom

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

1838

1831-

Southern Indians are removed to Oklahoma

1838

4,000 Cherokee die on Trail of Tears to

1838

South Carolina defends states’ rights in

Oklahoma

Ordinance of Nullification

1840

“Log Cabin” Campaign is first to use “hoopla”

Force Bill grants president authority to execute

William Henry Harrison is elected president

Revenue laws

1841

Harrison dies one month after inauguration; John

Jackson vetoes Bank Recharter Bill Chief Justice Marshall rules in Cherokees’ favor in Worcester v. Georgia Jackson is reelected president

Tyler becomes president