Anarrative history

Question

Andrew Jackson referred to the Second Bank of the United States as "A Monster." What was the more common term used for the bank? 

a	The Bank of Abominations
b	Biddle's Institution
c	Jackson's Thorn
d	Bank of America

Answer 1

John Calhoun, Andrew Jackson's Vice-President, thoroughly opposed the Tariff of Abominations, a protectionist tariff passed during Jackson's administration to protect Northern manufacturers from cheaper imports from countries such as Britain (after War of 1812). The South strongly opposed this tariff. Calhoun called it the Tariff of Abominations (not Bank of Abominations) because it prevented the South from selling its cash crop, cotton, to Britain. I guess the Bank of Abominations, therefore, is the proper answer when considering the protectionist tariff.