Potpurri
This is the idea that expresses itself as an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
What is sectionalism?
This German man came to the US in 1834 and in 1846 built a sawmill which and discovered gold in California.
Who is John Sutter?
This Whig party candidate had never voted in an election, and was slated to win purely on his military reputation in 1848. Later, while in office, he died of a gastric disorder.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
Known as "Old Rough and Ready" and cousin of James Madison and Robert E. Lee.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
This Southern Democrat was carried into the Senate, due to illness, so he could hear his speech spoken aloud by a colleague, in which he warned of the danger of Clay's Compromise of 1850.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
This fraction of people in the south were slaves.
What is 1/3?
This president announced the finding of gold to Congress, which resulted in 80,000 rushing to California in search of gold.
Who is James K. Polk?
Who is Millard Fillmore?
He was known as "The Rail Splitter" or the "Great Emancipator."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This free-soiler led a group at Pottawatomie Creek that killed 5 men, which became known as Bleeding Kansas.
Who is John Brown?
Members of this political party wanted slavery excluded from all territories (hint: before the Republican party started)
Who are the Free Soilers?
This was the year with waves of people looking to strike it rich in California.
What is 1849?
This president signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, yet is more well-known as one of the most forgettable presidents, and also the drunkest president in history.
Who is Franklin Pierce?
Who is U.S. Grant?
This Senator was beat with a cane after saying hateful words about the South and South Carolina's Andrew Butler, which included making fun of Butler's speech after a stroke.
Who is Charles Sumner?
This idea held that the people living in a given territory should decide whether the territory would be slave or free.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Which famous American became famous during this time, not because of the gold, but of the famous denim pants that were favored by the workers.
Who is Levi Strauss?
This president was born in Kentucky in a one room log cabin and never received any formal education.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
He was given the nickname, "Bachelor President."
Who is James Buchanan?
He was a slave, who went to the Supreme Court, that argued that he was free being he spent most of his time with his St. Louis, surgeon, slaveowner in free states.
Who is Dred Scott?
As part of the Compromise of 1850, this famous act/law required that all slaves be returned to their owners, even if found in a free state.
The gold rush took place less than an hour from this current California state capital.
What is Sacremento?
This president wrote his final memoirs with Mark Twain as his editor.
Who is U.S. Grant?
He was known as the "Tennessee Tailor"
Who is Andrew Johnson?
He was the Supreme Court chief justice that handed down the Dred Scott decision, by saying that Dred Scott had no standing, as he was not a citizen. (And - he is creepy looking!)
Who is Roger Taney?