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Why did the Second Bank of the United States make such an inviting target for President Jackson?

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President Jackson was strongly against the Second Bank of the US, because of that he vetoed it.

He vetoed it because he saw the Bank as a bank only for the privileged ones, as the President saw himself as a spokesman for the common people against the elite.

The President saw this as a way to increase his popularity among his voters.

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