USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
* It benefited the rich more than it helped the common people * It centralized financial power in a single institution * It favored commercial centers in the Northeast more than the agrarian South and West Which title BEST describes the information listed above?
A
Reasons for the Decision in the Gibbons v. Ogden
B
Reasons for Establishing the Department of the Treasury
C
Reasons Why Andrew Jackson Opposed a National Bank
D
Reasons Why Henry Clay Supported the American System
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -To hasten the end of the bank, Jackson ordered the U.S. government deposits (20 percent of its funds) be withdrawn and deposited in state banks so the state banks could make the loans the Bank had stopped making. This pro-Jackson political cartoon from 1833 applauds the removal of the deposits.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jackson’s distrust of the Bank was also political, based on a belief that a federal institution such as the Bank trampled on states’ rights. In addition, he felt that the Bank put too much power in the hands of too few private citizens–power that could be used to the detriment of the government.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jackson fulfilled his promise of broadening the influence of the citizenry in government, although not without vehement controversy over his methods. Jacksonian policies included ending the bank of the United States, expanding westward and removing American Indians from the Southeast.

Detailed explanation-4: -President Andrew Jackson ignored the Court’s decision in Worcester v. Georgia, but later issued a proclamation of the Supreme Court’s ultimate power to decide constitutional questions and emphasizing that its decisions had to be obeyed.

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