P1:There are two majorstandpoints onthe issue of expansion ofbanksduring1830. one is raised by the Decomcrat head, Andrew Jacksonthat he considers the expansion of banks is undesirable (1.The standpoint of Whig League to economy and society? )because it could cause the rich ones getricher and lead to a monopoly economic states. The other one is raised by the Whig league, jackson's opposing party, they also opposed the expansion of banks,but its point of viewis that the expansion of banks should be limited because many banks could be established by businesses thatactually have insufficient funds. P2:However, neighther oftheir statement completes the complete pictures. A case study was completed in providence, rhodeisland. it is proved that the cause of something (both AJ and Whig havementioned) is actually dueto the new immigrants to the region.bank expanding事实上是有效果的,例如改变原来的elite structure,出现新的力量entrepreneur等。(3.Whatwould be both agreed by both AJ and Whig? ) Q& A 1.Thestandpoint of Whig League to economy and society? A.the economy and society should be maintained( v34/700) 1. The organization of the passage?/主旨题 ("identify an issues that two of the PoVsare evaluated, then the PoVs are later called into questions by newly provided evidence" ( v34/700) 2. What would be both agreed by bothAJ and Whig? economyand society/bank expansion is undesirable( v34/700) 3. 新研究对罗德岛银行扩张的评价 出现新的力量( v34/700)
背景知识: The Second Bank of the United States wasauthorized for a twenty year period during JamesMadison's tenure in 1816. As President,Jackson worked to rescind thebank's federal charter. In Jackson's veto否决 message (written by GeorgeBancroft), the bank needed to be abolishedbecause:
It concentrated the nation's financial strength in a single institution. It exposed the government to control by foreign interests. It served mainly to make the rich richer. It exercised too much control over members of Congress. It favored northeastern states over southern and western states. Banks are controlled by a few select families. Banks have a long history of instigatingwars between nations, forcing them to borrowfunding to pay for them.
然后由于J总统的这个观点,引起了bankwar. The Bank Waris the name given to the controversy over the Second Bank of the United States andthe attempts to destroy it by then-president AndrewJackson. At that time, it was the onlynationwide bank and, along with its president NicholasBiddle, exerted tremendous influence over thenation's financial system. Jackson viewed the Second Bank of the United Statesas a monopolysince it was a private institution managed by a board of directors, and in 1832he vetoed the renewal of its charter. 辉格党的成立就是为了反对J总统的一些政策。 Established in 1834, the WhigParty was a reaction to the authoritarian policies of AndrewJackson. “King Andrew,” as his criticslabeled him, had enraged his political opponents by his actions regarding the Bankof the United States, NativeAmericans, the Supreme Court and his use of presidential war powers. The termWhig was taken from English politics, the name of a faction that opposed royal tyranny暴政.
Opponents who gravitated被吸引 to the Whig Partyincluded Jackson critics, states’ rights advocates, and supporters of the AmericanSystem. In some respects the Whigs were thedescendants of the old FederalistParty, supporting the Hamiltonianpreference for strong federal action in dealing with national problems. Othercomponents of the emerging coalition that became the Whig Party were theAnti-Masonic Party, the stated purpose of which was to combat the purportedthreat of Masonic共济会员的 power overpolitical and judicial institutions. William H. Seward and ThurlowWeed of New York and Thaddeus Stevens ofPennsylvania were among the Anti-Masons who migrated to the Whig Party. Anothergroup was the Democratic Conservatives, who opposed their party's financialpolicies after 1836. Henry Clay andDanielWebster were the unquestioned luminaries ofthe Whig Party. Neither was able to overcome sectional jealousies and gain thecoveted觊觎的 presidency.