Chapter 7 Us history Flashcards

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Won the 1848 election and became the 12th president did very little and died in office 16 months later.

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Zachary Taylor

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Took over Zachary Taylor died, became the 13th president and was involved in the Compromise of 1850.

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Millard Fillmore

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Wins the 1852 election, 14th president, and after his election the republican party rose.

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Franklin Pierce

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Northern Democrat that ran against Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860

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Stephen Douglass

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Southern Democrat that ran against Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860

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John Breckenridge

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Dred Scott

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A slave who sued his way to freedom

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The 15th U.S president who served before Abraham Lincoln

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James Buchanan

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Murdered proslavery people and attacked people in Kansas

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John Brown

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First President of The Confederacy

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Jefferson Davis

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Military Leader of the Confederacy, Opposed slavery and secession but fought because the South was his home.

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Robert E. Lee

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General for the Union who came up with the anaconda plan.

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Winfield Scott

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Confed General who held his grounds against union troops and got the nickname stonewall.

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Thomas jackson

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Union General who Wins Several battles along MS River

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Ulysses S. Grant

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A General who was replaced by Ulysses S. grant during the civil war for being too Cautious.

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George Meade

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Used total war to end the civil war

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William Sherman

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Abraham Lincoln’s vice president who served after he was assassinated and helped rebuild the seceded states

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Andrew Johnson

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Major General For the Confederate army that got slaughtered and had to retreat

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George Pickett