Martin Van Buren was born on December 5, 1782, in the village of ____, New York.
For his skill as a politician, President Van Buren was known as '____' to his friends.
For his cunning as a politician, President Van Buren was called '____' by his enemies.
After classes at the Kinderhook Academy, Martin Van Buren would help in his father's ____.
After completing his studies in New York City, Van Buren opened up a ____ with his half-brother James Van Alen.
During Martin's childhood, the Van Buren family primarily spoke ____ at home.
Van Buren became the first President to be born after the ____.
In his re-election bid, Van Buren garnered only 60 electoral votes to military hero ____'s 234 and failed to win the 1840 election.
Van Buren blocked the annexation of ____ in 1837, to avoid tensions with Mexico and the expansion of slave-holding territory in the United States.
President Van Buren's wife, ____ Hoes Van Buren, was his childhood sweetheart and a daughter of his first cousin.
Van Buren won the election for New York state governor, but resigned after three months to accept a new appointment as ____.
Van Buren was an influential member of President Jackson's ____, his personal group of advisors.
In 1836, the ____ tried to win enough votes from Van Buren through three different candidates, but Van Buren still received 58% of the electoral vote.
____ Singleton performed First Lady duties for her father-in-law after her honeymoon with President Van Buren's son, Abraham.
Van Buren sent General ____ to settle a dispute concerning the Maine—Canada border along the Aroostook River.
Van Buren bought an estate two miles from his hometown and worked as a ____ for 21 years following his presidency.
Martin Van Buren served as the eighth ____ of the United States during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.
Martin Van Buren helped form a coalition backing Andrew Jackson in the 1828 election. This coalition eventually emerged as a new political entity, the ____.
Van Buren gave up a cabinet position to end a scandal known as the ____, which involved the Secretary of War beginning a relationship with an already-married woman.
Van Buren established the ____ to manage the money supply of the nation following the 'Panic of 1837'.
During the United States presidential election of 1840, the supporters of Van Buren formed the ____.
The First Lady married to Martin Van Buren died of ____ at age 35, and the President did not remarry after that.
Van Buren's health began to fail and he was bedridden with ____ during the winter of 1861.
After a rebellion on board the ____ ship La Amistad, Van Buren appealed to the Supreme Court, which ordered the African rebels to be freed and ship returned to its owners.
Van Buren continued to closely follow national politics into his old age, supporting ____ for president in 1852 and James Buchanan in 1856.
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