1. Jacksonian Democracy
... the Native American's Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson decided not to recharter the National Bank in 1832, stating that it was for the good of economic equality. This started what is known as the "Bank War." In his veto message (Doc B), Jackson maintained that he was ... not passing the recharter. His belief was that the Bank was monopolistic and therefore unconstitutional. However, the bank was declared constitutional in McCulloch vs. Maryland in 1819. He felt that this "monopoly" would favor only the wealthy and because it only used hard money, would devastate ... as readily. His reactio...
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