History of the United States I / Unit 9 USH1 1220 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Second Bank
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The idea
The Second Bank of the United States was chartered in eighteen sixteen to bring order to a chaotic currency.
In practice
The Bank instead making risky loans and opening branches in the South and West where land fever was highest.
Where people slip
The anchor says it only compounded the problem. Remember that when Jackson attacks it in Unit 10.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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