1. Prelude to Disunion
Jackson to Tyler

2. Market Revolution 1807 Steamboat invented by Robert Fulton
roads, railroads, steamboats improved the quality of transportation
1825 Erie Canal opened
1829 Baltimore & Ohio became America’s first railroad

3. Economy By 1815 factories were built at a record pace in the North
Boom years
1819 Bank of the United States failed to stop a market crash
1820 Economic recovery

4. Andrew Jackson as President
Won the 1828 Election
Wife Rachel died in March of the same year
Served two terms
Spoils system
Limited government

5. Jackson and Indian Removal
Determined to remove Indian populations
Pretext was to save Indians from white settlers
Indian Removal Act of 1830
May 1838 Trail of Tears

6. Tariff of Abominations 1828
High tariffs hit the South, especially South Carolina hardest
John C Calhoun and the Nullification Crisis
Jackson threatened to invade South Carolina
Reformed tariff bill passed and ended the crisis

7. Bank of the United States
Jackson hated the bank and promised to end its charter
Nicholas Biddle
Jackson, who favored state banks, vetoed the re-charter of the BUS in 1833
Jackson ordered government tax revenue to be deposited into state or “pet” banks

8. Martin Van Buren Van Buren won the 1836 election Served 1 term
Economic Panic of 1837
One of only two people to serve as Sec. of State, Vice- President and President
Lost re-election to William Henry Harrison, the shortest serving US president (30 days, 12 hours, 30 minutes)

9. Texas and the Mexican War
1836 Texas declared independence from Mexico
Texas War for Independence
Feb. 23- Mar. 6, 1836 Battle of the Alamo
Mar , 1836 Goliad Campaign
April 21, 1836 Battle of San Jacinto

10. Troubles with Mexico
1844 James K. Polk called for Texas’ admission to the union
1845 Manifest Destiny
1846 Bear Flag Republic

11. War With Mexico 1846-1848 Mexican War May 3 Siege of Fort Texas
California taken
Winfield Scott’s Mexico City Campaign
Mar Battle of Veracruz
Sept Battle of Chapultepec
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo