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The Cumberland Road
The Cumberland road was the first road built by the federal goverment. It went from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, a town on the Ohio River now, but westers Virgina. They used shovals and pick axes to dig. By 1818 the road reached Wheeling. By 1833, the road was strechd through Columbous, Ohio. By 1850 it reached all the way to Illinios. -
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Era of Good Feeling
This era was a time of peace, progress, and pride. It was a time when everyone was happy, they were making good money, and America was doing good. -
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Erie Canal
Americans made water transprotation, because it was easier then roads. They made canals, which one of the largest projects was the Erie Canal. By using shovels, the canal was hand made. The canal cost millions of dollars, but it was used more then what they payed for. The erie canal moved good, and people across the river. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise settled many arguements about Missouri becoming a state. MIssouri would enter the union as a slave state. Maine would also join the union, but at a slave free state, to keep the balence equal. Salvery would be prohibited in any new territories or states. Missouris southern border. -
Election of John Quincy Adams
The election of 1825 was a rivery. Andrew Jacskon won the most popular vote, but he did not have enough electoral votes to win presidency. So it was up to the House of Representatives had to chose the winner. They choose John Quincy Adams as president, and jacskon supporters claimed that he had made a corrupt bargain with Henry Clay. -
Cherokee Capital of New Echota
New Echota is the most popular Cherokee Indian burial ground.1825, the Cherokee national legislature established a capital called New Echota at the headwaters of the Oostanaula River. -
Cherokee Constitution written
In 1827, the Cherokee nation adopted a Constitution modeled on that of the United States, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches, adapted for Cherokee needs. -
Election of Andrew Jacskon
Jacksons supporters were determind that he would win the election of 1828. They formed the Democratic Party to support Jackson. People who supported John Quincy Adams started calling themselves National Republicans. -
Sequoya Writes the Cherokee Language
They used 86 characters to represent Cherokee syllables to create a writing system for their own complex language. They began publishing a newpaper printed in both english and Cherokee. -
Tariff of Abominations
The Tariff Of Abomination was passed by the congress in order to support industry in the Northern U.S. The Tariff angered the people in the south because they had to pay higher prices on goodsin their region. -
Gold is Discovered in The Chereokee Nation Triggering Americas First Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in the Cherokee Nation in Georgia. Due to this dicovery of gold, whites began rushing and pouring into Cherokee lands by the thousands, ignoring treaties, burning villages, and ignoring the Constitution and non-intercourse laws passed by congress. This was the first significant gold rush in the U.S. -
Indian Removal Act
Congressed passed the Indian Removal Act, authorizing the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West. President Jackson wanted this act to happen to open this land to settlement by American farmers. -
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
This was a battle the Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. They faught because they didn't like the law. -
President Jackson Vetoes the 2nd National Bank of America
Jackson vetoed the bank becuase the bank's lack of funding for expansion into the unsettled Western territories. Jackson also objected to the bank's unusual political and economic power and to the lack of congressional oversight over its business dealings. -
Nullification Crisis
During the presidency of Andrew Jackson, a sectional crisis was created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordiance of Nullification. By the power of State, this ordiance declared that the federal tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional. -
Election of Martin Van Buren
Van Buren was a part of the Democratic Party and ran against four Whig Party candidates in the presidential election of 1836. He already had a friendship and political alliance with Andrew Jackson which greatly affected him in this presidential election, giving him many popular votes. -
Panic of 1837
It was a financial crisis that led to an economic depression. This was right after Martin Van Buren took office. Andrew Jackson's banking policies and unsuccessful plan to curb inflation was part of the Panic of 1837. -
Trail of Tears
The Cherokee were forced out of their territory, so they had to walk 800 miles. On this long adventure, many died from disease and hunger.
