... favor only the wealthy and because it only used hard money, would devastate the poorer citizens in America. This is where his reasoning that it was not economically equal was derived from. Although some aspects of his argument were accurate, he failed to recognize the overall benefits of the National Bank, pointed out by Daniel Webster in his reply to the ... country's money supply, and produced an abundant amount of sound currency. The government benefited because it was a safe place to store, transfer, and distribute currency. Jackson destroyed the Bank, causing class animosity, such ...

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... . Jackson was a president unlike any other, he and his followers stood as a symbol for the common man. The Jacksonians firmly believed in making the country better for every man, a government derived from the people. Andrew Jackson thought that all common men should be involved in the government, eventually he eliminated the requirements to vote. Jackson also believed that public officers serve ... bill. Jackson vetoed the bill claiming that the bank was corrupted, it favored the wealthy and foreigners at the expense of the common people. Attempting to benefit the lower, working class, h...

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