Express your views on the wisdom of Andrew Jackson's war on the Second Bank of the United States. Was his veto of the recharter bill justifiable? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Justifiable: bank was too powerful; bank was a specially privileged institution, enriching the few at the expense of the many; it needed to be destroyed as an example of "the people's" power over elite institutions.
Unjustifiable: bank served useful purposes in the economy; it was victimized for political purposes; its destruction had bad consequences.
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What will be an ideal response?
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