Andrew Jackson opposed the establishment of a national, federal bank and he would have opposed the McCulloch v. Maryland decision. Furthermore, he denied that the ruling prevented him from vetoing legislation extending the charter of the Second Bank of the United States. Jackson would also have opposed the ruling in Gibbons v. Ogden, which he would have said expanded the Congress's power to cover interstate commerce to also include commercial navigation
Answer: Yes. We were better over time but we became a poor country until people from all over the world started coming to seek a free country with a right of free religion. Then by the 1800's the US was becoming one of the richer country's across the world.
"A. Invading Iraq would divert attention and resources from the goal of destroying al-Qaeda." describes the arguments that were made against President Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003. ~Hope this helped :)