because although it had a powerful voice in national affair, it "was not responsive to the will of the people"(library.advanced). The bank, he claimed, "benefited only the creditor, investor, and speculator at the expense of the working and agrarian classes that produced the real wealth of the nation by their labor"(library.advanced). Wealth became concentrated in the hands of the few, and Jackson was determined not to let that happened. Because of these things, Jackson worked hard throughout his presidency to kill it.
             When many feared that Jackson would not renew the Bank's charter that was due to come up in 1836, bank supporters chose to force the issue prior to the election of 1832. They assumed that Jackson would never go against the Second Bank during an election year. They were wrong. Jackson vetoed Biddle and Clay's bill for a charter and then mounted a campaign to justify his actions. "He issued one of the strongest veto messages in American history, comparing the Bank to a monster monopoly controlled by foreign and eastern stockholders" (Americanpresident.org). Jackson's established the precede
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