Editing Winfield Scott (section)

===Black Hawk War and Nullification Crisis===
{{Further|Presidency of Andrew Jackson}}
[[File:General-Winfield-Scott-(1786-1866)1835.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Winfield Scott age of 49, 1835 portrait by [[George Catlin]]]]

In 1832, President Andrew Jackson ordered Scott to [[Illinois]] to take command of a conflict known as the [[Black Hawk War]].{{sfn|Eisenhower|1999|pp=125–127}} By the time Scott arrived in Illinois, the conflict had come to a close with the army's victory at the [[Battle of Bad Axe]]. Scott and Governor [[John Reynolds (Illinois politician)|John Reynolds]] concluded the [[Black Hawk Purchase]] with Chief [[Keokuk (Sauk leader)|Keokuk]] and other Native American leaders, opening up much of present-day [[Iowa]] to settlement by whites.{{sfn|Eisenhower|1999|pp=128–132}} Later, in 1832, Jackson placed Scott in charge of army preparations for a potential conflict arising from the [[Nullification Crisis]].{{sfn|Eisenhower|1999|pp=133–135}} Scott traveled to [[Charleston, South Carolina]], the center of the nullification movement, where he strengthened federal forts but also sought to cultivate public opinion away from [[secession in the United States|secession]]. Ultimately, the crisis ended in early 1833 with the passage of the [[Tariff of 1833]].{{sfn|Eisenhower|1999|pp=136–139}}