A factor that supports the words in the excerpt is B . The debates over the federal government's proper role had intensified during the early nineteenth century.
Under Andrew Jackson:
Andrew Jackson was a proponent of the belief that the state government should have more power than the federal government and this fit into the arguments at the time, of what exactly the federal government was meant to do.
He then tried to reduce the powers of the federal government as best he could and one way was the shutting down of the Second Bank of the U.S.
In conclusion, option B is correct.
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