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Andrew Jackson (The Bank War ((One of the people who thought so was…
Andrew Jackson
The Bank War
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The Bank's president Nicholas Biddle was competent but arrogant so many assumed he was doing shady stuff.
One of the people who thought so was Jackson. When Henry Clay introduced a bill that would re charter the bank during election year, Jackson vetoed it because it was a private monopoly.
Since most people supported the removing of the bank's charter, Jackson won reelection in 1832 with more than 3/4s of the vote.
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The Second Bank of America would renew its charter in 1836. But many in Congress distrusted it because it was a private institution.
Indian Removal Act
Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 to give the Indians their own territory in Oklahoma in exchange for the land east of the Mississippi. Many tribes moved West peacefully, however some resisted. When the Cherokee Nation sued Georgia and won in the Supreme Court, Jackson struck the ruling down.
Most tribes had left by 1835, but many still lived in Georgia. In the Trail of Tears in 1838, the military forced fifteen thousand Cherokees to go East. Four thousand Cherokee died in the march West, on the Trail of Tears.
However to add to the bad luck of the Indians, Westward settlers soon arrived in Indian territory too and settled the area. Eventually, many natives were forced onto reservations.
Originally, the US government had respected Indian land rights. But because of Manifest Destiny, many settlers began moving West and the government didn't care. Jackson supported Western settlers.
It was a law that forced the removal of thousands of Indians from East of the Mississippi to the Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
Nullification Crisis
South Carolina's government adopted the Ordinance of Nullification and said screw the tariffs. Jackson who wanted to preserve the Union, prepared the military for war and sent a message to South Carolina saying they were committing treason.
However, South Carolina pissed its pants and decided to remove the tariff after it was lowered by Congress. This basically set up the stage for the Civil War later.
Jackson was a big supporter of state's rights but he put the unity of the nation first, and state's rights after that.
South Carolina believed in nullification, aka a state could just forego a law and completely disregard it if it disagreed with it. South Carolina's problem was with the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
In 1832, when South Carolina attempted to nullify a law and Jackson became upset.