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Question Millard Fillmore was the ______ President of the United States.

Answer 1 – 10 13

Question Fillmore became the president when Franklin Peirce died? True/False

Answer 1 – 20 False

Question What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

Answer 1 – 30 Law that allowed Southerners to reclaim their slaves that escaped to the North

Question What state was Millard Fillmore from?

Answer 1 – 40 New York

Question What did the Compromise of 1850 do? – 3 parts

Answer 1 – 50 1.California admitted to Union 2.Slavery in Washington D.C. ended 3.New Mexico & Utah were organized without slavery

Question What state was Franklin Pierce from?

Answer 2 – 10 New Hampshire

Question What two issues were ripping the country apart during his presidency?

Answer 2 – 20 Slavery & Territory expansion

Question What disease did Pierce have?

Answer 2 – 30 Tuberculosis

Question What position was Pierce given by President Polk?

Answer 2 – 40 Attorney General

Question What country did Pierce negotiate a sucessful trade treaty with?

Answer 2 – 50 Japan

Question James Buchanan was the _______ president of the US?

Answer 3 – 10 15th

Question What state is James Buchanan from?

Answer 3 – 20 Pennsylvania

Question What college did Buchanan graduate from?

Answer 3 – 30 Dickinson College

Question Why did Buchanan’s fiance call off their engagement?

Answer 3 – 40 Rumors that he was only marrying her for money

Question What was Buchanan’s biggest flaw in terms of dealing with the Civil War

Answer 3 – 50 He did nothing Avoided conflict

Question Buchanan negotiated a clear border between the US & __________

Answer 4 – 10 Canada

Question How did Buchanan’s wife die?

Answer 4 – 20 Unknown Assumed sucicide

Question Who did Franklin Pierce place as his secretary of War?

Answer 4 – 30 Jefferson Davis

Question What role did Pierce play in the Mexican War?

Answer 4 – 40 Sprained knee during battle Sent home Called a coward by Gen. Winfield Scott

Question What tragic accident happened to the Pierce family before his innaguration?

Answer 4 – 50 Benny- only son was killed in a railroad accident

Question Why was Franklin Pierce considered a “Darkhorse candidate” for the presidency?

Answer 5 – 10 Because nobody knew him He did not have any negative baggage

Question Explain why Northerners often criticized the presidency of Pierce?

Answer 5 – 20 Because he favored Southern ideas – Slavery – Fugitive slave law

Question Who was John Brown?

Answer 5 – 30 Northern abolitionists Raided Harper’s Ferry- Virginia Sentenced to death- treason Sparked North/South conflict

Question True or False. James Buchanan supported President Lincoln during the Civil War?

Answer 5 – 40 True

Question What four things did James Buchanan place at the top of his presidential agenda?

Answer 5 – 50 1.Economic/regional growth 2.Build up US military 3.Transcontinental Railroad 4.Canal Across C. America