Andrew Jackson Dbq Analysis

1. Once again, Jackson found himself up against the men who opposed him so many years before. Jackson’s struggled against the people who questioned his way of thinking. The people that challenged him were also men of great power. One of these people was Henry Clay, and another was John C. Calhoun. Calhoun support states rights who promoted the concept of nullification. Southern states thought the tariffs flavored the North and tried to appeal them but was in place to protect the American manufacturing.
When that did not work, both South Carolina and Washington favored the idea of nullification and suggesting the state be forced to secede for the Union if their demand were not met. Jackson was full supporter of the Union. He was really hoping that this would be the turning point to take him in the right direction. During both his first and some of his second terms of presidency, he constantly battled with people fighting against the nullifiers helping Congress to give him the military approval to fight any state that may secede from the Union.
Jackson was reelected and the recharter for the Bank was vetoed but all of the federal governments deposits stayed with the Bank. Jackson looked for a way to destroy the Bank because …show more content…
Jackson tried to convince Congress to pass a tariff lowering the rates, but South Carolina was not sold this would have a huge impact. This was a powerful issue that divided the North and the South. Jackson favored states rights but only if it did not affect the Union. Jackson felt that nullification was the beginning of the end of the United States. Jackson wrote a speech in response to the nullification supporters. He made it clear the America’s Constitution formed their government of the many states and no one had the right to cancel a federal law or to withdraw from the

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