Andrew Jackson and the Bank War

By Robert V. Remini

One of the most controversial issues during the presidency of Andrew Jackson centered around the future of the second bank of the United States. Suring the changing economic and social conditions of the 1820’s and 1830’s there was much hostility between the Bank on the one hand, and the rising capitalists, urban workers, and farmers on the other. In this context Jackson aimed to do away with the bank, however their supporters struck back.

Paperback, 192 pages

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