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Whose policies resulted in the Panic of 1837?

Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
George Vancouver
James Polk
John Jacob Astor

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Andrew Jackson — his dismantling of the Second Bank of the United States, the transfer of federal deposits to "pet banks," and the 1836 Specie Circular (requiring land be bought with specie) are widely blamed for triggering the Panic of 1837. Martin Van Buren inherited the crisis.