President Van Buren advocated the creation of the Independent Treasury because, he argued, it would
A) allow banks to operate with less government interference.
B) abolish state banks.
C) help to keep federal money out of the grasp of business corporations.
D) help to keep federal money out of the hands of state politicians.
E) determine which state banks would receive federal deposits.
Question 2
After 1837, which political party became the anti-bank, hard-money party?
A) Whigs
B) Republicans
C) Millerites
D) Federalists
E) Democrats