AP US History 1 Chapter 18 People Flashcards

7622193093	Lewis Cass	He was named the father of "popular sovereignty." He ran for president in 1848, but was defeated.	0
7622193095	Zachary Taylor	The Whig party's nomination for the presidency in 1848. Died in office in 1850.	1
7622193099	William H. Seward	The freshman senator from New York who spoke against both secession and slavery , not using the power of compromise.	2
7622193100	Millard Fillmore	Taylor's vice president who took over as the 13th president of the US after Taylor's death	3
7622193104	Franklin Pierce	Elected 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 Act	4
7622193105	Winfield Scott	Hero of the war with Mexico, he was the Whig's candidate in the 1852 election whose defeat effectively ended the Whig party.	5
7622193107	William Walker	American adventurer who seized Nicaragua and opened it to slavery, but was overthrown by other South American governments and killed.	6
7622193113	Matthew Perry	He was the naval leader who convinced the Japanese to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1853 with the U.S.	7
7682379992	Harriet Tubman	The "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. Repeatedly returned to the South to lead groups of slaves northward.	8
7682389566	Henry Clay	Concerned the father of the Compromise of 1850.	9