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Answer 1

Jefferson opposed the idea due to him believing it’d rob off people and other states taking southern states money. Well that’s what I think he thought

Answer 2

The correct answer is C) Upcountry residents believed a national bank would put too much power in the hands of the national government. Lowcountry residents supported a strong national bank to strengthen the economy.

The statement that best analyzes the positions of South Carolinians on the issue of the creation of a national bank in the early 1800s is the following:  Upcountry residents believed a national bank would put too much power in the hands of the national government. Lowcountry residents supported a strong national bank to strengthen the economy.

The Upcountry in South Carolina was the region where farmers that worked their lands without the help of slaves. It was the Northwestern region of South Carolina, On the other hand, the Lowcountry was the area around Charleston in the Atlantic shores. Wealthy people lived there and were the ones who exerted more political influence. The Lowcountry people favored the federalist's ideas of Alexander Hamilton regarding the creation of a national bank. However, Upcountry people supported the antifederalist's ideas of Thomas Jefferson, who considered that a strong central government and a national bank were not good for the United States.