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| 7444113657 | John Quincy Adams | He was the sixth president of the United States. He was the first minority president (less than 50% of Americans did not vote for him). He served only four years, from 1824-1828. He could never gain the support of the Americans because he was a minority president. He was in favor of funding national research and he appointed Henry Clay as his Secretary of State in the infamous "Corrupt Bargain" election. | 0 | |
| 7444127287 | Andrew Jackson | He was a Democratic-Republican who was elected president in 1828. He was the first president from the west, and he represented many of the characteristics of the west. He appealed to the common man as he was said to be one. He believed in the strength of the Union and the supremacy of the federal government over the state government. | 1 | |
| 7444156813 | William Crawford | Originally from Georgia, he ran in the 1824 election representing the South. He was forced to drop out of the race due to a stroke. | 2 | |
| 7444162590 | Peggy Eaton | Married to Jackson's Sec. of War. She was snubbed by the ladies Washington D.C., for allegedly being disreputable. Jackson tried to help her be accepted, but failed. This helped in the dissolution of Jackson and Calhoun, and moved Calhoun down a states' rights path. | 3 | |
| 7444207088 | Daniel Webster | He was a nationalist and was involved in the Webster-Haynes debate over states' rights. He served as Secretary of State under the Tyler administration. In 1836, he ran for the presidency as a member of the Whig party, losing to Martin Van Buren. He was also America's greatest orator for his time period. | 4 | |
| 7444218418 | Denmark Vesey | He was a black man who lived in the Carolinas. He led a slave rebellion in Charleston in 1822. This slave rebellion was part of what led to the anxieties of the South, especially in South Carolina. | 5 | |
| 7444761064 | Robert Hayne | He was a senator from South Carolina, a major player in the sectional debate during 1829 and 1830. A great orator, he denounced New England. He pointed out New England's treasonous activities during the War of 1812. He also spoke out against the "Tariff of Abominations," which hurt the South. He supported Calhoun's idea of nullification. While he did not want secession, he did add fuel to the sectional flames, and this led to secession. | 6 | |
| 7444807514 | Nicholas Biddle | He was president of the Bank of the United States from 1822-1836. | 7 | |
| 7444830219 | Osceola | He was a leader of the Seminole. He led one of the many Indian conflicts that furthered westward expansion for the Americans. He was eventually captured by the Americans and died in captivity. | 8 | |
| 7444859088 | Martin Van Buren | He was Andrew Jackson's own choice as his successor. He became the eighth president in 1836. He was doomed from the start, though, as the people thought he was only "mediocre" and the Democrats hated him. | 9 | |
| 7444871115 | Stephen Austin | He was an American colonizer and pioneer from Virginia who led the first American settlers into Texas. | 10 | |
| 7444883081 | William Henry Harrison | He was a war hero fighting Indians back in the War of 1812 and was not nominated for president in 1840 based mostly on his war record. He won the 1840 presidential election with his log cabin and hard cider campaign. He became the 1st Whig president & 1st president to die in office. | 11 | |
| 7444898169 | Henry Clay | He was a National-Republican and chief player in the presidential contest of 1832. He threw himself behind the Senate's move to re-charter the bank. He was able to pass a compromise bill that would slowly reduce the 1832 Tariff. He came from Kentucky and strongly disliked Jackson, his western rival. | 12 | |
| 7444909892 | Sam Houston | He was commander in chief of the Texas army fighting against Santa Anna when Texas declared it independence from Mexico in 1836. He later became the president of the Republic of Texas. | 13 | |
| 7444939730 | John Tyler | He ran as Vice President to William Henry Harrison in the election of 1840 as a Whig. Harrison was elected, but shortly died, so he became the first Vice President to take the office of a deceased president. | 14 | |
| 7444951448 | John C. Calhoun | He was Vice-President under Andrew Jackson although he continually moved away from Jackson and his national policies and toward his native South Carolina and a states' rights position. | 15 | |
| 7444967605 | Santa Anna | He was a Mexican dictator who in 1835 wiped out all local rights in Texas and started to raise an army to put down the Texans. | 16 | |
| 7444973897 | Black Hawk | He was the leader of the Illinois tribes of Indians in the 1830's. When the Indians were uprooted, and forced out of their homes, He led the Indians in resisting the move. However, he wasn't powerful enough, because in 1832, they were brutally defeated, and forced to move into Oklahoma | 17 | |
| 7444985260 | William Travis | He was a colonel during the Texas Revolution. He fought on the side of the Texans against the Mexicans in 1836 at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. Along with two hundred Texans, he was trapped at the Alamo by Santa Anna and his six thousand men. | 18 |
