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Chapter 12 SS
Question | Answer |
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Jackson's Supporters | Jackson's Supporters were the average man and famer. He was known as a man of many words and a champion to the common people |
Spoils System | A practicing of rewarding supporters with goverment jobs |
Kitchen Cabinet | a group of unofficial advisors who met with Andrew Jackson in the White House Kitchen |
Jackson's Views on the National Bank | 1. He thought the bank was too powerful so he waged war 2. It was undemocratic and unconstitutional 3. Helped the rich become even more rich 4. The states were the only ones who could charter banks |
The Closing of the National Bank | President Jackson and other leading Democrats saw the Bank as undemocratic. Although Congress created the Bank, it was run by private bankers. Jackson condemned these men as agents of “special privilege” who grew rich with public funds |