King Andrew

King Andrew

During the time of Andrew Jackson, many names had been given to him and the things he had to do. A few nicknames were “King Andrew” and “Bank Monster.” These names were given to him during the Bank War. Other terms that were created at his time were “corrupt bargain” referring to the Election of 1824. Another term was another name for the Tariff of 1828. The name given was, “Tariff of Abominations” because they thought of the tariff as an abomination.

Tariff of 1828 was signed by John Quincy Adams. South Carolina had named it the Tariff of Abominations. They chose the word “abomination” because they thought the tariff was a scandal, disgrace, outrage, and dislike. The goal of the tariff was to protect industry in Northern US from competing European goods by causing the European products to increase. South Carolina disliked it so much that Jackson had issued a Proclamation of Nullification, stating it was unconstitutional. South Carolina thought it was unfair to tax on Southern agriculture for the benefit of Northern industry. Another Bill enforced was the Force Bill, passed in response to South Carolina's ordinance of nullification, empowered President Jackson to use the army and navy, if necessary, to enforce the laws of Congress, specifically the tariff measures to which South Carolina had objected so violently.

Andrew Jackson was a strong president who used the office to forcefully pursue his agenda. Many political opponents, fearing Jackson's use of power, called him "King Andrew." Due to Jackson’s ways, the formation of the Whig party came about. Built out of National Republicans, Bank supporters, nullifiers, discontented Democrats, Indian removal opponents, and others who simply disliked Jackson, its name summarized the descriptions of an opposition party set against the tyranny of a dictatorial monarch. Whig newspapers began referring to Jackson as “King Andrew I” to reinforce their image of him and their vision of themselves as defenders of the republican form of government. As for the term “Bank Monster,” Andrew Jackson thought that the Bank was trying to destroy him, so therefore he tried to destroy the bank, himself. Another thing Jackson called the Bank, was a monster, so flipping the words around, he became the monster of the bank. He therefore tried anything to destroy the Bank. Jackson interpreted his reelection as a mandate to destroy the Bank of the United States. He therefore directed his secretary of the Treasury to remove Federal deposits and place them in selected state banks. The