Chapter 9 & 10 Essay Test 1. What were Jackson’s attitudes and policies toward democracy? How did he display them in regards to government, banking, and the law?
Jackson’s attitude towards democracy was strong. He formed the Democratic party or the “Jacksonian Democracy.” This promoted the strength of the presidency and executive branch at the expense of Congress while seeking to widen the participation of the public’s participation in government dilemmas. He didn’t want monopolies controlling the people and disliked the banks and wanted to “kill them” believing they were devices to cheat the common people.

2. Explain how Jackson’s actions with the Bank of the United States and the Specie Circular damage the U.S. economy? What did Martin Van Buren do that caused even more damage?
President Andrew Jackson refused to renew the charter of Second Bank of the United States which resulted in the withdrawal of government funds from the bank. Martin Van Buren was largely blamed for the panic also. Van Buren's refusal to use government intervention to address the crisis such as emergency relief and increasing spending on public infrastructure projects to reduce unemployment according to his opponents, contributed further to the hardship and duration of the depression that followed the panic.

3. Explain the Cherokee Removal and the part Jackson played.

With the Georgia gold rush coming in and countless complaints the United States began the removal of all the Indians to Oklahoma. After demanding both political and military action on removing Native American Indians from the southern states of America in 1829, President Andrew Jackson signed this into law on May 28, 1830. Although it only gave the right to negotiate for their withdrawal from areas to the east of the Mississippi river and that relocation was supposed to be voluntary, all of the