USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1832, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and other Jackson opponents, seeking an issue for that year’s presidential election, passed a bill rechartering the bank. The bank’s charter was not due to expire until 1836, but Clay and Webster wanted to force Jackson to take a clear pro-bank or anti-bank position.

Detailed explanation-2: -What issue did Henry Clay and Daniel Webster use to try to defeat Andrew Jackson in the 1832 presidential election? They planned to use the second national bank to beat him. What happened in the US two months after president Martin Van Buren took office?

Detailed explanation-3: -Campaign. The election campaign revolved around the Second Bank of the United States. Jackson, who disliked banks and paper money in general, vetoed the renewal of the Bank’s charter and withdrew federal deposits from the bank.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nicholas Biddle, the third and last president of the Second Bank of the United States, became President Andrew Jackson’s nemesis during the “Bank War.” During the election campaign of 1832, Jackson’s opponents organized a new political party, the National Republicans, under Henry Clay.

Detailed explanation-5: -Clay and Webster secretly intended to provoke a veto, which they hoped would damage Jackson and lead to his defeat. They did however assure Biddle that Jackson would not veto the bill so close to the 1832 election.