American History
Study Guide for Unit 5 Test: Manifest Destiny & Antebellum
Mr. Peters

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Events, people and terms you should know
The Presidency of Martin Van Buren, Panic of 1837, "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" (pg.271-272)
The Tyler Years (pg.272)
The New Wave of Immigrants (pg.273-274)
The Temperance Movement (pg.279)
Women Seek Greater Rights (pg.282)
The New Abolitionists, Abolition, William Lloyd Garrison (pg.285)
Fredrick Douglas (pg. 286-287)
Reaction in the South (pg.288)
Americans Head West, Manifest Destiny (pg.294-295)
The Republic of Texas (pg.304)
The Annexation of Texas, The War with Mexico, Zachary Taylor (pg.308-309)
General Winfield Scott, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (pg.310-311)
The impact of the War with Mexico (pg.320-321)
The 1848 Election, The Search of Compromise, "Forty-Niners" (pg.322)
The Compromise of 1850 (pg.324)
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Fugitive Slave Act, Underground Railroad (pg.326-327)
Harriet Tubman, Gadsden Purchase, The Kansas-Nebraska Act (pg.328-329)
Birth of the Republican Party (pg.332-333)
James Buchanan, Dred Scott Decision (pg.334)
Secession, Compromise fails (pg.342)

# 8 Martin Van Buren
* Democratic, 1 term, "Old Kinderhook"
* Financial panic of 1837 and depression of 1837-1840 doomed my presidency.
* The term "O.K." is credited to Van Buren who was raised in Kinderhook, New York. Van Buren became known as "Old Kinderhook." Soon people were using the term O.K. referring
to Van Buren and the word "okay" was derived.

# 9 William Henry Harrison
* Whig, 1 month, "Tippecanoe"
* Campaign slogan was "Tippecanoe and Tyler too". He served the shortest presidency

# 10 John Tyler
* Whig, 1 term (minus 1 month)
* First vice president to assume office when the president died while in office.
* Presidents Tyler and Fillmore known by the nickname "His Accidency"
* He was the president with the most children-he had 15.
* The tradition of playing "Hail to the Chief" whenever a president appeared at a state function was started by his second wife.

# 11 James K. Polk
* Democratic, 1 term, "Young Hickory"
* The Mexican-American War occurred during his presidency
* President Polk replaced Zachary Taylor with Winfield Scott as commander of the forces in Mexico because he saw Taylor as a potential rival in the 1848 election. However, Polk decided later not to run and uphold his campaign promise of only one term
* Fulfilled all his campaign promises. Acquired California from MEX., settled the Oregon dispute, lowered tariffs, established a sub-treasury, & retired from office after 1 term.

# 12 Zachary Taylor
* Whig, 1 term (16 months), "Old Rough and Ready"
* Served one year and four months of his term before he died of cholera.
* He received his nomination for presidency late because he refused all postage due correspondences.

# 13 Millard Fillmore
* Whig, 1 term minus 16 months
* Last WHIG president. He ordered rigorous enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
* Presidents Tyler and Fillmore known by the nickname "His Accidency"

# 14 Franklin Pierce
* Democratic, 1 term
* Two months before he took office, he saw his eleven-year-old son killed in a train wrecked.

# 15 James Buchanan
* Democratic, 1 term, first and only bachelor president
* Upon the election of his successor, Buchanan sent Lincoln a note saying, "My dear sir, if you are as happy on entering the White House as I on leaving, you are a happy man indeed."

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