AP US History 1 Chapters 18 & 19 People

He was named the father of "popular sovereignty." He ran for president in 1848, but was defeated.

• Lewis Cass
• Zachary Taylor
• William H. Seward
• Millard Fillmore

The Whig party's nomination for the presidency in 1848. Died in office in 1850.

• Franklin Pierce
• Zachary Taylor
• Henry Clay
• Matthew Perry

The freshman senator from New York who spoke against both secession and slavery , not using the power of compromise.

• Lewis Cass
• Winfield Scott
• William H. Seward
• Millard Fillmore

Taylor's vice president who took over as the 13th president of the US after Taylor's death

• Harriet Tubman
• Zachary Taylor
• William H. Seward
• Millard Fillmore

Elected president in the 1852 election as the second Democratic "dark horse." He was a pro-southern northerner who supported the Compromise of 1850 and especially the Fugitive Slave Law. He also supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act<br />

• Franklin Pierce
• Henry Clay
• William H. Seward
• Lewis Cass

Hero of the war with Mexico, he was the Whig's candidate in the 1852 election whose defeat effectively ended the Whig party.

• Harriet Tubman
• Winfield Scott
• Franklin Pierce
• Millard Fillmore

American adventurer who seized Nicaragua and opened it to slavery, but was overthrown by other South American governments and killed.

• Lewis Cass
• Zachary Taylor
• William Walker
• Matthew Perry

He was the naval leader who convinced the Japanese to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1853 with the U.S.

• Franklin Pierce
• Winfield Scott
• Harriet Tubman
• Matthew Perry

The "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. Repeatedly returned to the South to lead groups of slaves northward.

• Harriet Tubman
• Henry Clay
• William H. Seward
• Lewis Cass

Considered the father of the Compromise of 1850.

• Lewis Cass
• Henry Clay
• William H. Seward
• Millard Fillmore