... initiatives set the tone "an unyielding effort to remove the hands of a few wealthy, unelected private bankers from the levers of the nation's economy. Under the Jacksonians, government-sponsored internal improvements generally fell into disfavor, on the grounds that they were unnecessary expansions of centralized power, beneficial mainly to men with connections. The Jacksonians defended rotation in office as a solvent ... of civilized progress. Far from pitting the few against the many, oppositionists argued, carefully guided economic growth would provide more for everyone. Government ...

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... ," neither Andrew Jackson nor the Georgia legislature was satisfied with Indian efforts to blend into American culture, and a declaration by the Georgia legislature claimed jurisdiction over Cherokee land and internal affairs. The declaration was thrice trumped by Chief Justice John Marshall in court. However, headstrong "Old Hickory" disregarded these rulings and mocked his judicial counterpart by scoffing: " ... ...

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