jan 1, 1819 - Panic of 1819
Description:
- Severe financial crisis brought on primarily by the efforts of the Bank of the United States to curb overspeculation on western lands- It disproportionately affected the poorer classes,
especially in the West, sowing the seeds of Jacksonian Democracy
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Date:
jan 1, 1819
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~ 207 years ago