Panic in the Senate: The Fight Over the Second Bank of the United States and the American Presidency

President Andrew Jackson fought many battles, but equally important, in the 1830s he campaigned passionately to limit the power of the federal government and that of the central bank. He argued vehemently that the Bank gave privilege and unfair advantage to the elite few at the expense of the public. The events retold in this book foreshadowed some of the conflicts dividing the U.S. today.

Questions about how much power the President ought to have and how much the central bank could exercis...