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The Concept of Union Government

   

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Running head: JACKSON AS A PRESIDENTJACKSON AS A PRESIDENTName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
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1JACKSON AS A PRESIDENTTwo Absolute Beliefs of Jackson as a PresidentPresident Andrew Jackson being a democrat himself firmly supported democrats and thusbrought two strong beliefs of democratic government with his ascendancy. The twobeliefs that he brought with him in the politics of US was the reduce of the powers andfunctions of the Federal Government and enforcement of presidential leadership bypreserving the concept of Union government (Remini, 2013). Thus, with his rule theexistence of dichotomy was abolished as he promoted economic progress by reducing thepower and control of federal government. It is he who for the first time executed the USBank and affirmed the supremacy of national government in times of serious crisis byintroducing nullification crisis. Nullification Crisis of JacksonAs soon as Jackson became the president of the US, he managed the nation’s firstsecession emergency. In the month of December 1832, Jackson bought a Force Bill to Congress.This Bill would give him the permission to lead the federal army battalion to south California.This bill had previously declared the legislation of the federal tariff to be null and void. This wasbecause it offended the country’s economic powers and also posed a threat to the withdrawal ofthe same in November 1832 subsequent to Jackson’s endorsement (Remini, 2013). Jacksonintroduced this nullification crisis as the northern US imposed higher tariffs due to theirdeveloping industries, whereas the southern US detested it as they used to indulge their businessin a world market. Therefore, when in the year 1828 Logrolling elevated their rates innovativeitems like raw wool, hemp, flax and liquor were introduced.
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