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1838 Martin Van Buren - America's Steam-powered Legacy

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Robert Fulton, the American engineer and inventor often credited with launching the age of the steamboat, never lived to see just how far hi...

1838 Martin Van Buren - The Cooley Massacre (Justifying the Seminole War)

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In the wake of violent attacks like the Cooley and Gwinn family massacres, President Martin Van Buren framed the Second Seminole War as a ne...

1838 Martin Van Buren - Van Buren Defends Indian Removal

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  “very true; them are Injuns are tarnal tough, to be sure; take more killin, by George, than half a dozen wile-cats.” - from short story ...

1838 Martin Van Buren - Van Buren's version of the Trail of Tears

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Most Americans are familiar with Trail of tears as one the worst episodes of our history when approximately 16,000 members of peaceful Chero...

1838 Martin Van Buren - Protecting the Inland States (Reorganize the Militia)

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In 1838, President Martin Van Buren urged Congress to adopt the Secretary of War's plan to reorganize the militia to provide for both co...

1838 Martin Van Buren - Expanding the Scope of the US Census

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In 1838, several members of Congress with the help of President Martin Van Buren endeavored to expand the scope of the US census.  The sugge...
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1838 Martin Van Buren - Protecting America's Tobacco Trade

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In 1837, the six states making up the "tobacco belt", Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina,...