https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof Made with a curious mind en-us 2018-11-28 21:04:04 UTC 2026-01-01 22:40:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png 341246 https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309052189 -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]]> 2018-11-28 21:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309052189 341246 https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309052939 -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]]> 2018-11-28 21:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309052939 341246 https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309054281 -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

]]> 2018-11-28 21:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309054281 341246 https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309056851 "No evil can result from it's inhibition more pernicious than it's toleration." ]]> 2018-11-28 21:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309056851 341246 https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309058116 -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.]]> 2018-11-28 21:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309058116 341246 https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309058588 -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.]]> 2018-11-28 21:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309058588 341246 https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309062546 2018-11-28 21:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309062546 341246 https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309062836 2018-11-28 21:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/341246/kiy92hve1tof/wish/309062836