JACKSON DBQ
This picture shows an accurate depiction of Jackson. President Jackson took control of the government and acted like a monarch. People that disliked him called him King Andrew Because of the way he ruled during his two terms as president. Two of the incidents that prove Jackson acted like a king were the Killing of the national bank and sectional issues. Andrew Jackson never liked the National Bank. He believed the National Bank was only ruled by the rich and did not help the common man in any way. HE also believed the people running it were corrupt and abused their power. (Doc.#12) When he was elected president he did all he could to destroy the bank. The leader of the bank, Biddle saw the end of the bank was near so with the direction of Henry Clay he tried to rechater the bank even though the charter did not run out until 1836. Jackson quickly vetoed this re-chartering. Some people began to question how the executive branch had the power to destroy the bank.
(Doc#13). It is very hard to override a veto so the plan to rechater the bank was over. Upon hearing this Jackson did not like it. Even though Jackson was an advocate of state rights he did not believe a state could declare an act of congress void. (Doc.#10) So he sent troops to break up the nullification. Calhoun saw the end of nullification and perhaps his life so he resigned as vice president. Robert Haney gave up his seat in the senate to Calhoun and Haney became the governor of South Carolina. When the troops reached South Carolina the radicals who called for nullification quickly changed their minds and began to call for a restoration of the tariff. The result of the end of nullification was the tariff compromise that lowered the tariff over a ten-year period. Jackson, being able to break up a situation that almost led to civil war, showed that he could rule like a king and have the power of a king to Pass laws even though they could destroy a section of the U.S.
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