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This presidential candidate was well known for his military victory in Tippecanoe, but was not known for taking clear political positions.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
The Mexican American War was ended by this treaty.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
After his predecessor gave the longest inauguration speech in history and died only a month into his term, this Vice President became President and alienated both Whigs and Democrats.
Who is John Tyler?
This scandal striking Andrew Jackson's cabinet created a rift between him and his Vice President, John C Calhoun.
What is the Eaton Affair?
This Supreme Court Chief Justice was responsible for handing down the Deed Scott decision.
Who is Roger B Taney?
This President was known as "Young Hickory," due to his similarities in political philosophy to Andrew Jackson
Who is James K Polk?
This Supreme Court decision upheld slavery and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
After Abraham Lincoln's victory in the election of 1860, this state became the first to secede on December 20, 1860.
This political standoff between Jackson and the state of South Carolina was not resolved until Henry Clay stepped in to broker a compromise.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This former Senator from Mississippi was elected President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This representative served in the House as a Whig, challenged Stephen Douglas to a Senate seat, and eventually ran for President.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This final compromise, negotiated in part by an elderly Henry Clay, prevented the Civil War by a few years, but failed to resolve the issue of slavery.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This predecessor to President Lincoln did nothing to prevent the secession of Southern states after the election of 1860.
Who is James Buchanan?
This political conflict between Jackson and Nicholas Biddle lasted many years, and was the subject of Jackson's reelection campaign.
This senator was attacked on the Senate Floor after giving an anti-slavery speech, he became a martyr for the abolitionist movement.
Who is Charles Sumner?
This Congressman attacked a Senator on the Senate Floor, resulting in the rule that Representatives and Senators rarely cross sides of the capital.
Who is Preston Brooks?
This book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe described the harsh conditions of slavery and drew the ire of many Southern states as a result.
What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
The Presidential ticket of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler used this political slogan.
What is "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"?
This political party was united entirely around opposition to Andrew Jackson.
What is the Whig Party?
This man was known as the "Little Giant" for his ability to get the Compromise of 1850 passed.
Who is Stephen Douglass?
This man was known as the "Pathfinder" and became the first Republican presidential nominee.
Who is John C. Fremont?
This conflict between abolitionists and slaveowners was sparked when Congress permitted incoming states to determine by popular sovereignty whether or not to allow slavery.
What is "bleeding Kansas"?
This president is most well known for not doing anything.
Who is Millard Fillmore?
This man was Jackson's second Vice President, successor, and nicknamed the "Little Magician"
Who is Martin Van Buren?
This man made a last minute attempt to avert Civil War by proposing a compromise which bears his name. The compromise would guarantee slavery in places where it already existed.
Who is John J. Crittenden?