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Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce and Buchannan

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Term for a person running for office   candidate  
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The principle whereby people of a territory decide for themselves if they want slavery   popular sovereignty  
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President who had been the hero of the Mexican War   Zachary Taylor  
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Votes cast by the people in a presidential election   popular vote  
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Term meaning the United States   Union  
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Groups of people with different ideas on how the government should be run; they try to get their candidates elected to office   political parties  
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People who come to the United States from other counries   immigrants  
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A high crime against the government of the United States   treason  
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He opened Japan to American trade   Commodore Matthew Perry  
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To withdraw from the Union   secede  
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The fastest sailing ships of the mid-1800s   clipper ships  
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Three Terms of the Compromise of 1850   1. California comes in to the Union as a freed state 2. Utah and New Mexico Territories created from lands of the Mexican Cessian 3. Utah and New Mexico Territorities would decide if they would be free or slave by popular sovereignty  
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In he 1850s, the law-making body which came under Northern control   Congress  
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Two houses of Congress   House of Representatives and Senate  
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Two more terms of the Compromise of 1850   4. No slave sales in Washington, D. C. 5. Congress would pass a Fugitive Slave Law  
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It declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and denied freedom to Dred Scott   Supreme Court  
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New nation established by seven seceded states   Confederate States of America  
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The lawmaking body which came under Northern control in the Antebellum Period   Congress  
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He proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois Senate race   Stephen A. Douglas  
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A meeting at which delegates choose their party's presidential and vice-presidential candidates   National Convention  
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Votes given to the presidential candidate who wins the most popular votes in a state   Electoral votes  
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A person who wanted to do away with slavery   Abolitionist  
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Zachary Taylor's political party   Whig Party  
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Term meaning "against slavery"   anti-slavery  
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Term meaning "for slavery"   pro-slavery  
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A mail delivery service that carried letters and packages to the west coast in wagons   Overland Mail Service  
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Political Party in the Elecion of 1848 which opposed the extension of slavery into the territories   Free Soil Party  
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Zachary Taylor's political party   Whig Party  
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Term meaning "against slavery"   anti-slavery  
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Term meaning "for slavery"   pro-slavery  
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A mail delivery service that carried letters and packages to the west coast in wagons   Overland Mail Service  
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Political Party in the Elecion of 1848 which opposed the extension of slavery into the territories   Free Soil Party  
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Term for state which permitted slavery   Slave State  
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People who hurried to California during the gold rush   49ers  
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A railroad that linked the East and West   transcontinental railroad  
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Land which has not yet been organized into states   Territory  
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Term for the period of time when candidates make speeches and try to get themselves elected to office   campaign  
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An official count of the population   census  
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The U.S. Constitution requires this every 10 years   census  
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It required Northerners to cooperate in returning runaway slaves   Fugitive Slave Law  
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Chief Executive of the United States   President  
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Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin   Harriet Beecher Stowe  
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Lawmaking body in which the North had a 36 to 30 advantage in 1860   Senate  
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House of Congress dominated by the North, because of its greater population   House of Representatives  
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South Carolina and six other states seceded after he was elected president in 1860   Abraham Lincoln  
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Known as the Great Compromiser   Henry Clay  
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Henry Clay was the senator from this state   Kentucky  
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Political office held by Millard Fillmore prior to becoming president   Vice-president  
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Nickname for the Western territory that was the scene of violence between proslavery and antislavery forces   Bleeding Kansas  
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The first Southern state to secede   South Carolina  
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Political party formed after the Kansas-Nebraska Act; wanted to keep slavery out of territories   Republican Party  
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He took part in "Bleeding Kansas;" later attacked the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia   John Brown  
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High-speed mail delivery system between St. Louis, Missouri and Sacramento, California   Pony Express  
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Term for a slave owner   master  
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British citizen who developed a new way of converting iron into steel   Henry Bessemer  
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President of the United States when the Confederate States of America was first organized   James Buchannan  
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The last territory added to the continental United States   Gadsden Purchase  
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A statement of ideas or plan of action of a political party   platform  
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President who lost popularity for defending the rights of immigrants   Franklin Pierce  
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Reason Milliard Fillmore bcame president   Zachary Taylor died  
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First state to sign a law requiring children to attend school   Massachusetts  
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Small strip of Mexican Territory at southern end of Rocky Mountains   Gadsden Purchase  
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Cost of Gadsden Purchase   $10 million  
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Term which describes the end of Japanese isolation from the West   Open Door Policy  
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Two men who worked for a new method of turning iron into steel-one American and one British   William Kelly and Henry Bessemer  
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First Republican presidential candidate   John C. Fremont  
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott Case   Roger B. Taney  
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Ran against each other in 1858 Illinois Senatorial campaign   Stephen A. Douglas (Democratic) and Abraham Lincoln (Republican)  
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Said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free."   Abraham Lincoln in 1858 Illinois Senatorial campaign  
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Thought slavery was a "moral, social, and political evil"   Abraham Lincoln  
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Winner of 1858 Illinois Senatorial election   Stephen A. Douglas  
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Drilled the first successful oil well in Pennsylvania   Edwin L.Drake  
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Length of time the Pony Express lasted   18 months  
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Invention which spelled the end of the Pony Express   telegraph  
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Nickname of Zachary Taylor   Old Rough and Ready  
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Name of Zachary Taylor's horse   Old Whitey  
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Political party to which Zachary Taylor belonged   Whig Party  
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Before becoming president only job Zachary Taylor ever held   soldier  
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What killed Zachary Taylor   Food poisoning  
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A popular form of entertainment in the mid-1850s was white men dressed in black face. Name a group popular for this type of entertainment   Christy Minstrals  
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A Northerner who believed slavery was O.K.   doughface  
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Nickname of Franklin Pierce   Young Hickory  
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First maker of jeans   Levi Strauss  
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Place Senator Charles Sumner was beaten with a cane   U. S. Senate  
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Only U.S. president to never have married   James Buchannan  
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Said, "I am the last U. S. president."   James Buchannan  
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To become president, a candidate must win a majority of what kind of vote?   electoral vote  
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Reason many Americans were opposed to immigrants in 1800s   Took jobs away from Americans by agreeing to work for less money  
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Act which repealed the Missouri Compromise   Kansas-Nebraska Act  
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Declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional   Dred Scott Case  
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Raided the government arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia in order to capture weapons and arm the slaves   John Brown  
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Negotiated a treaty that opened Japan to U. S. trade   Matthew C.Perry  
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the "Great Compromiser"   Henry Clay  
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Worked out many agreements between the North and South   Henry Clay  
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Won the Illinois Senate race in 1858 following a series of debates with Abraham Lincoln   Stephen A. Douglas  
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By the mid-1850s where did political parties choose a presidential candidate?   National convention  
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