Section 7
The Van Buren Administration
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The Politics of Slavery
While most Northerners were indifferent to slavery or opposed it for economic reasons, a growing number of abolitionists viewed slavery as immoral.
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The Panic of 1837
The financial crisis of 1837 was based on speculative fever and contributed to a five-year economic depression.