1. Jacksonian Democrats
During one of the most significant periods of twentieth century America, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. sought to hypothesize the elements of American politics that allowed the United States to escape the Great Depression of 1929, Roosevelt's New Deal, and fight the second world's war, without the federal government becoming a dictatorship. ... Schlesinger illustrates his point with Jacksonians bank war and the hard money policy of 1836. ... It is very plausible that a select group of men that, with so much control over America's economy could easily overtake America's government...
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