HIST 109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Veto, Walter Colton, United States Territorial Acquisitions
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Wins 56% of popular vote, and wins 640,000 votes. Wins 68% of electoral votes with 178 votes. There is no opposition to him, until those who oppose work together. "the voice of the people, is the voice of god" Has 44% of popular votes, with 500,000 votes. People were more excited to vote, that"s why there was an increase in people voting. U. s. government set itself up as not a business but as a government. However, they are kind of like a business. This is a busy, not an arm of the government. Basically like a contract for 10-20 years long. Gets a lot of money from the bank of the united states. You have lots of stock with them, so they lengthen their contract. Andrew jackson vetos recharging of the bank of united states. Has money held in reserves and takes the money out and disperses to state legislatures and then into state banks.
