Chapter 7 Us history Flashcards
Won the 1848 election and became the 12th president did very little and died in office 16 months later.
Zachary Taylor
Took over Zachary Taylor died, became the 13th president and was involved in the Compromise of 1850.
Millard Fillmore
Wins the 1852 election, 14th president, and after his election the republican party rose.
Franklin Pierce
Northern Democrat that ran against Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860
Stephen Douglass
Southern Democrat that ran against Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860
John Breckenridge
Dred Scott
A slave who sued his way to freedom
The 15th U.S president who served before Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
Murdered proslavery people and attacked people in Kansas
John Brown
First President of The Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Military Leader of the Confederacy, Opposed slavery and secession but fought because the South was his home.
Robert E. Lee
General for the Union who came up with the anaconda plan.
Winfield Scott
Confed General who held his grounds against union troops and got the nickname stonewall.
Thomas jackson
Union General who Wins Several battles along MS River
Ulysses S. Grant
A General who was replaced by Ulysses S. grant during the civil war for being too Cautious.
George Meade
Used total war to end the civil war
William Sherman