The Jacksonians considered the Second Bank of the United States to be an illegitimate corporation whose charter violated state sovereignty, posing an implicit threat to the agriculture-based economy dependent upon the Southern states' widely practiced institution of slavery.
1 A male duck is called a drake, a female is called a duck. 2  Babies are called ducklings. 3  Ducks are related to geese and swans. 4  The duck is the smallest of them all and have shorter necks and wings and a stout body.
General description: A large puddle duck that's most easily recognized by the male's glossy green head and white neck collar. Length: About 24 inches long. Weight: 2 1/2 to 3 pounds. Color: Male mallards (drakes) have a glossy green head and white neck collar. Females (hens) are mostly brown. Males and young birds look like females in the summer. Both sexes have a blue patch on the wing.