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AP US History 1 Chapter 18 People Flashcards

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7622193093Lewis CassHe was named the father of "popular sovereignty." He ran for president in 1848, but was defeated.0
7622193095Zachary TaylorThe Whig party's nomination for the presidency in 1848. Died in office in 1850.1
7622193099William H. SewardThe freshman senator from New York who spoke against both secession and slavery , not using the power of compromise.2
7622193100Millard FillmoreTaylor's vice president who took over as the 13th president of the US after Taylor's death3
7622193104Franklin PierceElected president in the 1852 election as the second Democratic "dark horse." He was a pro-southern northerner who supported the Compromise of 1850 and especially the Fugitive Slave Law. He also supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act4
7622193105Winfield ScottHero of the war with Mexico, he was the Whig's candidate in the 1852 election whose defeat effectively ended the Whig party.5
7622193107William WalkerAmerican adventurer who seized Nicaragua and opened it to slavery, but was overthrown by other South American governments and killed.6
7622193113Matthew PerryHe was the naval leader who convinced the Japanese to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1853 with the U.S.7
7682379992Harriet TubmanThe "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. Repeatedly returned to the South to lead groups of slaves northward.8
7682389566Henry ClayConcerned the father of the Compromise of 1850.9

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