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| 124695943 | What does veto mean? | To reject a bill and stop it from becoming a law. | |
| 124695944 | What is a depression? | A period of time where business and employment fall to low levels. | |
| 124695945 | What is laissez-faire? | Policy that government should not interfere as little as possible in the national economy. | |
| 124695946 | Why was Jackson against the national bank? | He felt the rich were in control and the ordinary people weren't. | |
| 124695947 | Why was the Bank so powerful? | It was in control of all national money. | |
| 124695948 | Who was the Bank president? | Nicolas Biddle; he was born wealthy and privileged, so Jackson didn't like him. | |
| 124695949 | Who was Henry Clay? | From the South; planned to use the U.S. Bank issue against Jackson in the 1832 election. | |
| 124695950 | Who was Daniel Webster? | From the North; planned to use the U.S. Bank issue against Jackson in the 1832 election. | |
| 124695951 | How did Clay and Webster plan to use the Bank against Jackson? | They wanted to renew the Bank's contract early to show that Jackson didn't support the idea; they thought it would cause Jackson to lose support. | |
| 124695952 | What did Jackson do to the Bank when he was reelected? | He withdrew all national money and refused to sign the charter to renew it; the Bank closed down. | |
| 124695953 | Who was Martin Van Buren? | Jackson's vice president and friend; ran for president in 1836 and won. | |
| 124695954 | Who were the Whigs? | A new political party made up of National Republicans and other people who didn't support Jackson. | |
| 124695955 | What was Van Buren's attitude about the depression and the economy? | He believed in laissez-faire and didn't want to get too involved. | |
| 124695956 | What did Van Buren eventually do to help the depression? | He withdrew all federal money from private banks and created a national treasury; this would keep banks from using the federal money for personal reason and prevent problems. | |
| 124695957 | What did Van Buren's actions with the bank to do the Democratic Party? | It split the party in half because some people agreed and others thought it was a really bad idea. | |
| 124695958 | Who was William Henry Harrison? | Presidential candidate for the Whigs in 1840; he won, but died 32 days later. | |
| 124695959 | Who was John Tyler? | He ran with Harrison in the 1840 election; became president when Harrison died. | |
| 124695960 | What did Tyler do that upset his political party? | He vetoed many Whig bills and lost a lot of support. | |
| 124695961 | What was the major problem with the Whigs? | They couldn't agree on a goal and were not very organized. | |
| 124695962 | Who was James Polk? | Presidential candidate for the Democrats in 1844. | |
| 124695963 | How do economic issues affect the president and presidential elections? | The way the president deals with economic issues affects how the public feels about them. | |
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