Though specifically targeted only at those profiting unfairly from government land transactions, FTP, name this 1837 executive order by Andrew Jackson that made only gold and silver payments acceptable.
Its precursor, the Distribution Act, increased the money supply by distributing the accumulated federal surplus to the states, but the effect spurred deflation and caused a seven-year depression.  Issued by treasury secretary Levi Woodbury, it was the largest attack of the president's war against the Second Bank of the United States as well as state "pet banks."  Though specifically targeted only at those profiting unfairly from government land transactions, FTP, name this 1837 executive order by Andrew Jackson that made only gold and silver payments acceptable.
Its precursor, the Distribution Act, increased the money supply by distributing the accumulated federal surplus to the states, but the effect spurred deflation and caused a seven-year depression.  
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