Internal Improvements and Protective Tariffs One of the main points of Henry Clay’s American System, the necessity of subsidies for internal improvements and protective tariffs, was a source of debate between Jackson and Clay. While in Senate Jackson voted for protective tariffs and internal improvement bills, but soon “became convinced that the internal improvement policies favored by his enemies were a species of corruption and an outrageous drain on the treasury” . When the Maysville Road project was proposed that would build a highway across Kentucky, Jackson was quick to veto the bill. He viewed the issue of the road as a local, not national issue, therefore making it unconstitutional. Clay, borrowing a line from Hamilton, argued the road was a national issue and cited the necessary and proper clause. Jackson argued that even if the Maysville Road was a national issue he would still have vetoed the bill because “the treasury was now exhausted and the road could not be built without an increase in the national debt” . In the views of Jackson, the national debt prevented true independence. His main goal was to reduce and repay the debt. As president he made …show more content…
Following the legacy of Alexander Hamilton, Clay was a strong supporter of the Bank of the United States, which was a part of his American system. Clay saw the bank as a necessity for economic growth in America. However, when the bank was up for re-charter in 1832, Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill. In his well-written veto Jackson, explained his decision to veto the bill citing it unconstitutional. Jackson believed “if the government would stop creating inequality by giving artificial stimulation to the engines of the Market Revolution…men would be left in a state of modest but natural inequality” . His ideas resonated with the common people who had already grown to fear big banks due to the Panic of
It was clear that there would be far more benefit to the North by these tariffs. He argued that by placing tariffs, the South would be forced to pay more for goods that they themselves didn’t produce and it would also make it difficult for the British to pay the South back for the cotton they imported. The South would have
Jackson did not trust banks for many reasons, one being because he wanted actual money and not paper, another was the Panic of 1819 when the economy collapsed and many families lost their jobs and homes. With these reasons adding up, Jackson did not want a National Bank in America, so he vetoed to better America in his vision. Henry Clay tried to trap Jackson when he did this, trying to make him look wrong for this veto, which angered Jackson greatly. Clay then gathered his supporters and created the Whig party to stand again Jacksonian principles. The Whigs favored Congress over Executive branch which is why they had so many supporters upset from Jackson’s veto.
Andrew Jackson was very against the growth of the new upcoming banking system in the
Under the American System, Clay had four principles: the improvement and development of the system of roads and canals through federal financing that would connect New Orleans to the Canadian border to expand the country’s market; the insulation of the domestic industries and businesses through a protective tariff; the efforts towards having a stable currency through re-chartering the Bank of the United States; and sourcing of public financing through the sale of public lands at higher prices (Heidler & Heidler, 2011). Even though Clay’s system received opposition during the era of the Jacksonian Democracy, it would subsequently be revitalized after the end of the civil war long after his death in 1852. The American System would play a crucial role in fueling the Manifest Destiny belief that saw great economic development in the
His commitment to the Union, in this case, is admirable. But, it is also plausible to say that Jackson's only motivation for not allowing this to pass was simply to keep a certain amount of power in the national government, in him. It could have all been a selfish ploy in order to keep his power, not an argument for
Throughout the early 19th century, changing politics and an evolving society in America impacted all classes of people, specifically the white working class. Jacksonian Democratic ideals was influenced by the working class, and the white working class benefited from President Jackson’s decisions. During the year of Jackson’s presidential election, the Workies, which consisted of working men, wanted to protect individuals who earned money from arduous labor, but failed to make payments punctually. Jacksonian Democrats realized the Workies language was valuable in the fact that beliefs of the Workies group echoed through Jackson’s party.
Jackson developed the economy in a way that no man had too much but every man were financially stable. Jackson built new roads and made other infrastructural improvements especially in the south that were of benefit to the more working class “common man”. Jackson also introduced many Acts and Movements that would help to improve the United States and improve the lives of all US citizens. Andrew Jackson, a former orphan and a war hero, was a popular choice when he was elected seventh President of the United States in 1828. This was based on the fact that Jackson did not hail from a wealthy or “elite” background but from the working class western state of Tennessee.
Jackson had been financially damaged a tightening of bank credit early in his business career. He had a strong distrust of financial institutions throughout the rest of his life. At first, Jackson didn’t really pick a side on the bank issue. He was, however, concerned about the constitutional rights involved in the idea of paper money replacing gold and silver. In January of 1832 Biddle’s supporters in Congress introduced the Bank re-charter legislation.
Andrew Jackson presidency focused a lot on small government and pleasing the common man. He attempted to shut down national banks to make government smaller. Jackson also enforces things like the Indian Removal Policy, which strengthened the bond between Jackson and the common man. Jackson was the first and only president to make the country debt too. All of these impacted are government today very much as well as other governments around the world.
The rich might “bend the acts of government for their selfish purposes.” C. Argument: This is the evidence your present in “B” which explains why Jackson was or wasn’t democratic. The evidence shows that Jackson wanted to benefit the rich class instead of the nation as a whole. By vetoing the B.U.S, it would create conflict which would weaken the nation.
In the document “Jackson Battles the Bank”, it shows Jackson fighting off a monster, or the national bank, with a veto stick. Jackson was fighting to destroy the national bank. He wanted to do this because it favored the rich and not the common people. He was fighting for people to have equal rights. Instead of having no bank at all, he came up with the idea to create state banks which wouldn’t be as powerful as the National Bank.
This is just one of the many examples of Jackson’s vetoes. While Jackson vetoed 12 bills in his time of presidency, other presidents at the time vetoed either none or no more than about 7. At the time, 12 vetoes was quite a lot compared to the other presidents. He had vetoes so many laws because he wanted to be the only person running the government. This is another example of his abuse of power.
From what I read and what he said, I thought it sounded like he didn’t want to shut down the United States Bank. And then in Document 5, Webster acted like Jackson should put an end to the bank by saying, “It manifestly seeks to inflame the poor against the rich, it wantonly attacks whole classes of the people, for the purposes of turning against them the prejudices and resentment of the other classes.”
Jackson ignored the Supreme Court. He continued forcing indians out the west. This journey is known as the Trail of Tears. One-fourth of indians died from this journey. Just because Jackson was put on the $20 bill doesn’t mean he did not do bad things.
One of the biggest thing that Jackson had done as a president was in 1832. Jackson vetoed a bill that would renew the second bank charter early. Jackson stated “I will kill it!”. He said this because he didn’t like the bank at all and he believed that it made the rich richer and the poor poorer. He said in his veto message “It is easy to conceive that great evils to our country and its institutions might flow from such a concentration of power in the hands of a few men irresponsible to the people.”