VAN BUREN 



VAN BUREN 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON MARTIN 

 VAN BUREN 



Outline 



Year* of Preparation 



(1) Birth and family 



:.]ue:iti"M 



(a) Si-anty schooling 

 in law office 



(a) Rise from position of office boy 



to that of special pleader 



(b) Admitted to 1 



Support of Jefferson 

 (b) Dominant position in New York 

 factional poln 



II. In IMihllr I.|f- 



1 n state senate 



(a) Opposition to "Bank of America" 

 As attorney-general of NVw York 

 (a) Quarrel with Clinton, and resig- 

 nation 



In United States Senate 

 (a) On important committees 

 ( -4 ) As governor of New York 

 (a) Progressive poli< i > 

 -.-cretary of State in Jackson's Cabi- 

 net 



(6) Appointed minister to Great Britain 

 (a) Reasons for refusal of Senate to 



confirm nomination 

 cted Vice-President 

 (8) Election of 1836 



(a) Candidates 



(b) Result 



III. Administration 



(1) The Panic of 1837 



(a) Causes 



1. Wildcat banking 



2. Land speculation 



3. Public improvement expendi- 



tures 



4. Panic in England 



(b) Results 



1. Independent treasury bill 



(2) Important internal affairs 



(a) Slavery agitation 



(b) Second Seminole War 



(c) Inventions 



1. Magnetic telegraph 



2. Friction matches 



3. Photography 



4. Vulcanized rubber 



(d) Steamship connection with Eu- 



rope established 



(e) Trouble with the Mormons 



(3) Friction between United States and 



Mexico 



(4) Election of 1840 

 (a) Candidates 



t b ) Outcome 



IV. Later Life 



(1) Principles 



(a) Tariff for revenue only 



(b) Opposition to annexation of Texas 



(2) Nominated for Presidency 



(3) Death and character 



Questions 



Which of the following men belonged to the same political party as Van Buren : 

 Jefferson; Jackson; Madison; Taylor; Polk; Pierce? 



How many other Presidi-nt- worn bom in the same state as Van Buren? (See 

 I.M with article PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.) 



What were Van Buren's popular nicknames? 



How many times was he nominated for the Presidency? What cost him the 

 nomination in 1844? 



What was Van Huivn's attitude toward Lincoln and the War of Secession? 



Who was Osceola, and what part did he play in the events of this administra- 

 tion? 



What article which renders many household tasks easier and safer was never 

 known before the days of this administration? 



What was the "Caroline affair," and how did it almost involve the United States 

 in difficulties with Canada? 



