Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Early Settlement of the West.
A severe economic depression starting in 1837 that caused high unemployment in the East, serving as a major push factor for westward migration.
Panic of 1837 appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The American West, especially Early Settlement of the West and Migration and Early Settlement.
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