... handling of the Nullification Crisis of 1832, which displayed his staying power and stubbornness in office. On the contrary, Andrew Jackson's iron-will and unscrupulous character damaged his integrity and led the nation into a great amount 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 ... of impulsive and unwise decisions regarding the Bank of the United States during the final years of his presidency. The stubborn head of state's bitter hatred for the monopolistic Ba...

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... a battered Jacksonian mainstream, ever hopeful that by raising the old issues, avoiding slavery, and resorting to the language of popular sovereignty, the party and the nation might be held together. Led by men like Stephen A. Douglas, these mainstream compromisers held sway into the mid-1850s, but at the cost of constant appeasement of southern concerns, further exacerbating sectional turmoil. Jacksonian Democracy ... ...

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