... politics, but also because he dominated the thinking of both his friends and his enemies for most of the period between the end of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War in 1848. However, the height of Andrew Jackson's prominence in American politics took place between the era of his first nomination for the presidency in 1824 and the defeat ... businesses failed and several states were so deep in debt that they couldn't pay their loans. Van Buren felt no responsibility to save the individuals and businesses but he did want to secure government funds in state banks by placing them in "inde...

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