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t1_j635rl2 wrote

Reply to comment by in TIL to decide what measurement system America should use, John Quincy Adams took 3 1/2 years to produce a 268 page Report on Weights and Measures that ultimately concluded changing to the French metric system would be too difficult for the young nation. Congress took no action on the report. by

the last good president 🤧

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t1_j639b7v wrote

/s?

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t1_j63ag13 wrote

jackson destroyed the second bank of the united states, which was trying to turn the united states into the pseudo-monarchy that it is today.

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t1_j63cas5 wrote

Hah, that’s actual lunacy. Andrew Jackson literally caused the panic of 1837 by ending the regulations the 2nd bank had.

Also, he kickstarted the trail of tears?

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t1_j63f6w8 wrote

> Andrew Jackson literally caused the panic of 1837 by ending the regulations the 2nd bank had.

this line of reasoning could be used very ably to justify keeping actual dictators in power, im pretty sure it having absolutely no congressional oversight and its supporters in congress electing to keep it that way was what cause the panic, not the guy getting rid of it.

> Also, he kickstarted the trail of tears?

helluva lot better than what they did to themselves

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