Andrew Jackson Based His Veto of the Recharter Bill for the Bank

question 66

Multiple Choice

Andrew Jackson based his veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States on

• A) constitutional grounds exclusively.
• B) advice from Henry Clay.
• C) the Supreme Court's McCulloch v. Maryland decision.
• D) the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation as well as unconstitutional.
• E) the belief that it was supported by the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution.

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