... of political faith. To the frustration of both self-made men and plebeians, certain eighteenth-century elitist republican assumptions remained strong, especially in the seaboard states, mandating that government be left to a natural aristocracy of virtuous, propertied gentlemen. Simultaneously, some of the looming shapes of nineteenth-century capitalism "chartered corporations, commercial banks, and other ... , their supposed champion, lacked sufficient vigilance in protecting their interests "fears that provoked the nullification crisis in 1832-1833 and Jackson's crushing of extremist ...

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... of trouble both during and in the years that followed his presidency. Namely, his borderline corrupt introduction of the spoils system to the U.S. government, callous expulsion of Native Americans in the Removal Act of 1830 and destruction of the Bank of the United States which resulted in a financial ... reign. Upon his inauguration in March of 1829, Andrew Jackson suspiciously initiated the sweeping removal of high-ranking officials from their posts in government with claims that he intended to rid Washington of the corrupt, lazy and complacent behavior that was common among tenured o...

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