Upward mobility was what America was known for, and they believed that was one of the better aspects of America and should be preserved at all costs. ... Daniel Webster foresaw this conclusion when he stated, "It (the bank veto) manifestly seeks to inflame the poor against the rich; it wantonly attacks whole classes of the people, for the purpose of turning against them the prejudices and the resentments of the other classes," (DOC C). ...

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Classical liberalism which let people do what they wanted without any or little interference from the government, which Johnson was highly against. ... Middle and lower middle-class white Americans felt that there tax dollars were going to waste supporting welfare for underprivileged minorities, which further perpetuated their resentment. ...

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Other chapters were more random and the examples went back and forth in time which caused me to re-read the introduction to refresh my memory on what the chapter set to prove. ... Ignatiev then used Thomas Branagan as an example of what living in America could do to one's thoughts. ... This showed how much the Irish had learned in their time in America, they were able to speak out against what they saw was wrong and would end up damaging their credibility as one of the whites. There was growing resentment amongst the Irish as shown by the growing proliferation of riots started by the ...

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To what extent do you agree with the Jacksonian view of themselves. ... On July 11, 1832, in response to Jackson's veto, Daniel Webster stated, "It manifestly seeks to inflame the poor against the rich; it wantonly attacks whole classes of the people, for the purpose of turning against them the prejudices and the resentments of the other classes" (Doc C). ... As a mean for promoting political democracy, Jackson came up with what is called the spoils system. ...

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