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The Panic of 1837 was a depression. Panic was then used for what we now call a depression. The Panic of 1837 was caused in part by some of President Andrew Jackson's economic policies, like the Specie Circular, not renewing the charter of the Second Bank of the US, placing government funds in "pet banks." and no government regulation of various business practices.

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