President Andrew Jackson fought many battles, but equally important, in the 1830s he campaigned passionately to limit the power of the federal government and th

Examines Jackson's role in destroying the Second Bank of the United States and the effect of his actions on the power of the Presidency

An account of the history, structure, and operation of the First and Second Banks of the United States, this study examines how the banks performed as national

President Andrew Jackson’s conflict with the Second Bank of the United States was one of the most consequential political struggles in the early nineteenth ce