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Nicholas Biddle
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who:Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844) what:was an American financier who served as the president of the Second Bank of the United States in 1822. Also the last president of the second bank.
when:1822-1839-<-resigned 1841 bank failed what:had decided to seek an extension of the bank's charter four years early, in 1832. Henry Clay helped to steer the re-chartering bill through Congress, but Jackson then vetoed it. why: it caused the panic of 1837 b/c After the Bank lost its national charter in April, 1836, it continued to operate erratically as a state-chartered bank, |
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Martin Van Buren
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born(1782-1862)
18th president of the United States 1st one not to speak english as his first language what:president from (1837-1841) came from new york and he became unpopular because of the panic of 1837 where: all over the united states why: not reelected for another term because viewed him to be the cause of the panic of 1837. |
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Whigs
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who:The Republicans who formed the Whig party, led by Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams their preeminent leader, Henry Clay
what: political party if the United States. against the democratic party or the Jacksonian democracy. when:Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830's to the mid-1850s(1833-1856). why:The party was ultimately destroyed by the question of whether to allow the expansion of slavery to the territories. |