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-During Van Buren's term of office, there was a stock market crash, causing many people to lose their jobs and have absolutely no money.
-Trail of Tears took place during his term - the relocation of Cherokee Indians from NC to OK
-Banks closed in Philadelphia and New York City on May 10. This was the beginning of the Panic of 1837. The depression that followed would last throughout Van Buren's term.
-Continuation of forced relocation of the Cherokee's people, which started under Andrew Jackson. 4,000 Native Americans died on the journey of the Trail of Tears.

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-After the stock market crashed, he was nicknamed "Van Buren Ruin."
-He did not mention his wife of 12 years not even once in his 800 page autobiography.

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"No evil can result from it's inhibition more pernicious than it's toleration."

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-Born: December 5, 1782
-Birthplace: Kinder-hook, New York
-Served one term (1837-1841)
-8th President
-4 Children boys
-Nickname: Red fox of hinder-hook
-Died July 24, 1862

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-First president that was born in the U.S.
-First president without Irish or British ancestry; his ancestors were dutch
-Key architect of the Democratic Party
-Van Buren had been Jackson's vice president during his second term
-He died from asthmatic suffocation
-- At age 21 he became a lawyer.
-He was Attorney General of New York from 1816-1819
-He was U.S. senator from 1821-1828
-Founder of the Democratic Party

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-Height: 5 feet 6 inches
-He was described as a little quirt
-Had large mutton-chop sideburns
-With support from Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party, Van Buren defeated the Whig candidates in the election of 1836
-At the age of 14 he began to study law