The People's Choice, from Washington to Harding: A Study in DemocracyThis work discusses how politics, democracy, and the presidency evolved in the United States from 1789 to 1923. |
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... Bank . ' The new Bank of the United States , which had been chartered in 1816 for twenty years , was as much disliked by the debtor class as was the original Bank of 1791. After the panic of 1819 , which resulted from an orgy of ...
... Bank . ' The new Bank of the United States , which had been chartered in 1816 for twenty years , was as much disliked by the debtor class as was the original Bank of 1791. After the panic of 1819 , which resulted from an orgy of ...
Page 122
... Bank was nothing but the tool of the people's enemies , of the rich Easterners who sneered at Jackson's motley following and whose newspapers had accused Rachel of adultery . Jackson attacked the Bank ( gently , for him ) in his first ...
... Bank was nothing but the tool of the people's enemies , of the rich Easterners who sneered at Jackson's motley following and whose newspapers had accused Rachel of adultery . Jackson attacked the Bank ( gently , for him ) in his first ...
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... Bank was revived in 1816 , as a result of the wave of nationalism that followed the War of 1812 . The most popular of Jackson's acts was his ' War on the Bank , ' which destroyed this second national institution in 1836 , leaving the ...
... Bank was revived in 1816 , as a result of the wave of nationalism that followed the War of 1812 . The most popular of Jackson's acts was his ' War on the Bank , ' which destroyed this second national institution in 1836 , leaving the ...
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WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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