JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
MARTIN VAN BUREN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -He was the first president to have been born a United States citizen, since all of his predecessors were born British subjects before the American Revolution. Van Buren lost the next presidential election in 1840 to William Henry Harrison.
Detailed explanation-2: -Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States (1837-1841), after serving as the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, both under President Andrew Jackson.
Detailed explanation-3: -Van Buren was born in Kinderhook, New York, where most residents were of Dutch descent and spoke Dutch as their primary language. He was the first president to have been born after the American Revolution-in which his father served as a patriot-and is the only president to have spoken English as a second language.
Detailed explanation-4: -Van Buren was the first president born an American citizen. He was also the only president for whom English was a second language; his first language was Dutch. Van Buren entered political life in 1812 after winning a seat in the state legislature.