Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in The West 1839–1860.
A severe economic depression in the eastern United States that caused high unemployment, pushing many young men to seek their fortunes out West.
Panic of 1857 appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Making of America (1789–1900), especially The West 1839–1860 and Gold Rush.
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