Andrew Jackson Contributed To The Panic Of 1837

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Andrew Jackson was not a successful President. Many of his policies were selfish. For example, so me of his monetary policies led to the Panic of 1837. He also ended the Bank of the United States. He took the money form the Bank of the United States and put it into “pet banks”, which contributed to the Panic of 1837. He also passed the INdian removal law, blatantly ignored the supreme court decision. He was also a very corrupt president. He had a spoils system, ended internal improvement, and he curbed the power of the national government while increasing the power of the president. Andrew Jackson did not understand the economy, and many of his fiscal choices contributed to the Panic of 1837. The problems began when he ended the Bank

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