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[[File: Andrew_Jackson_Portrait.jpg|250px|thumbnail|left|The Seventh American President, Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) (In Office 1829-1837)]]__NOTOC__
Andrew Jackson fundamentally believed that the Bank of the United States was unconstitutional because it maintained monopoly power over the United States. He also believed that the Bank violated the idea that the role of a government that should stand for honesty, equality, and fairness. Jackson also argued that the banks bank's abuses of power made it unfit to store the nations public deposits. With help from his cabinet members and supporters in Congress, Jackson successfully removed federal government funds from the bank in 1833.
HoweverJackson had been influenced by the experiences of Philadelphia banker William Duer, Biddle turned to members who had gone bankrupt during the Panic of Congress 1792 and businesspeople sympathetic to the bank to fight President Jackson, which led to argued that a split in his cabinet and eventual showdown over the central bank's charter. A younger board member successfully restored order to the bank and prevented its destructionwas necessary for economic stability. - Andrew Jackson was determined to destroy believed that state banks should be given more control over the Bank of the United States, nation’s money supply and his veto decision doomed his victory. The bank became a political issue that it should not be concentrated in 1832 when Congress passed a bill to recharter itsingle institution. Despite Andrew Jackson's constitutional convictionsHe also resented Bank president Nicholas Biddle, who he vetoed the recharter bill saw as an elitist power broker in cahoots with Treasury Secretary William Crawford and thus doomed central banking in America for almost one hundred yearsbanker Stephen Girard. His critics argued Jackson also opposed the fact that his economic ignorance many private stockholders like Jacob Astor and John Jacob Astor owned large percentages of Biddle’s bank and political exigencies outweighed his constitutional principlesprofited off of nations public deposits. The creation of Jackson saw this as a new threat to America’s democracy because these private interests would have too much influence over American monetary policy and the national bank was delayed until the early twentieth century when another President, Teddy Roosevelt, finally signed legislation creating the Federal Reserve Systemeconomy if they were left unchecked. He believed that only state banks could be trusted to act in America’s best interests rather than their own personal gain.
However, before thatBiddle turned to members of Congress and businesspeople sympathetic to the bank to fight President Jackson, Biddle's action led to a split in the early 1800s, Andrew Jackson wanted to destroy 's cabinet and eventual showdown over the Bank of the United Statesbank's charter. He had withdrawn U.S. government deposits from it and tightened the monetary supply The bank became a political issue in order 1832 when Congress passed a bill to make state banks more powerful and supply recharter it. Andrew Jackson’s veto of a new Bank charter. Jackson also ordered vetoed the removal of federal deposits from all state or pet banks recharter bill and ordered federal governments deposits to be placed into smaller state banks thus doomed central banking in America for almost one hundred years. His critics argued that would make loans at his economic ignorance and political motives outweighed his constitutional principles. The creation of a higher interest rate than new national bank was delayed until the Bank of early twentieth century when another President, Teddy Roosevelt, finally signed legislation creating the United States. This action caused a panic as 20 percent of its funds were withdrawn, hastening its endFederal Reserve System.
Andrew Jackson wanted to destroy end the Bank of the United States due to his belief that it was unconstitutional and corrupt. He wanted to remove federal government funds from the Bank of the United States and place them in select state banks instead. This was a move that favored state banks, allowing them to control more money, while also giving Andrew Jackson more power over regulating the national economy. Jackson worked with his Treasury Secretary, Roger Taney, to remove public deposits from the Bank of the United States and transferring these deposits into state banks. This would take away some of the power from a central bank and store nations public deposits in different locations instead. The Bank of the United States had violated its 20-year charter when Congress failed to renew it so Jackson seized this opportunity for his own gain. He began moving federal governments deposits out of this institution which eventually led to its failure as it ceased operations in 1836.
Andrew Jackson was driven to his mission to destroy the Bank of the United States by the banks abuses he had witnessed and news of a new bank chartering. He saw it as a monopoly that would raise the cost of borrowing and hurt small farmers, which eventually led to him vetoing its re-chartering in 1832. There were also constitutional questions surrounding stockholding and Congress' power over banking. Andrew Jackson received his severest censure for this decision, but he did not waver in his stance. His Vice President, Martin Van Buren, filed a protest against its re-charter with Congress arguing that it went too far in its favoritism of wealthy stockholders. Andrew Jackson then began an intense fight against the Bank of the United States in an effort to prove its unconstitutionality and corruptness. He bought favorable press coverage about himself and political allies as well as spreading false rumors about powerful enemies who opposed him.
President Andrew Jackson and his cabinet, led by powerful Kentucky Senator Henry Clay, were determined to destroy the Bank of the United States. He was motivated by a desire to increase his own political power as well as economic power. The bank had been created in 1816 with leading businessmen, including Clay, as its directors. The bank was very powerful and Jackson wanted to flex his own muscle. He vetoed the attempt by Congress to renew its charter despite pleas from Clay and other supporters. He also wanted to end congressional oversight of its business dealings which he believed would lead to more corruption.
Andrew Jackson resented banks the Bank's power and their lack of its ability to control the economy, so he wanted to destroy the Bank of the United Stateseconomy. He believed that it was too powerful and was destabilizing the United States economy. He also accused it of bankrolling his Republican opposition in elections. Jackson saw the bank as a form of central banking, which he opposed on principle. He was also under electoral pressures from his supporters in Kentucky who wanted him to veto the bank bill proposed by Senator Henry Clay. Believing that Clay's younger board member, Henry Clay, had overstepped one man's power with his bill, Jackson warned younger board members that if they continued with their agenda they would face vetoes from him. Jackson vetoed the Bank Bill and Congress failed to override his veto due to opposition from Kentucky supporters. This made Andrew Jackson very powerful and caused much unease among settlers in unsettled western territories who felt nervous about having only one man in power over them.
Jackson wanted to kill was also angered that the exact outcome recharter of the 1832 presidential election, so he vetoed the bill that bank would have made Henry Clay a younger board member of the Bank of the United States. This veto was had been expected by Jackson loyalists who were in opposition to Clay's candidacy for president and hoped it would lead to their candidate's victory in the election. The veto caused a fatal confrontation between Jackson and Daniel Webster, who had been making decisions in favor of renewing the charter for the Bank of The United States since he was its last President. Webster argued that killing this veto would be bad for banks and citizens alike, but Jackson was determined to restore a younger board member and kill his veto. Jackson's opposition went beyond Daniel Webster, as Kentucky also opposed him and his decision to kill his veto. The state had supported Clay during the election, so they were looking for an opportunity to oppose Jackson's decision and arouse their own veto against him. This caused tension between Kentucky and Jackson that lasted until after he was no longer president.
Andrew Jackson's stated constitutional objections to the Bank destruction of the United States were that it bank was unconstitutional and a monopolyultimately calamitous. He felt it was unconstitutional because The elimination of the Bank in 1836 lead to the institution had not been authorized by Congress, Panic of 1837 and he thought that its power was too greata broad based economic crisis. Since Jackson's objections also stemmed from early re-charter attempts when his political opponents attempted to grant a 20-year charter term ended in 1836, President Martin Van Buren was left to pick of the pieces of the US economy after the bankcollapsed in 1837.
====Works Cited====
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ushistory1ay/chapter/the-bank-war/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andrew-jackson-shuts-down-second-bank-of-the-u-s
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/educational-resources/bank-war
https://www.sparknotes.com/biography/jackson/section10/
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/andrew-jacksons-veto-of-the-national-bank
Brinkley, Alan - American History - A Survey, McGraw Hill, (2003)

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