president #11 james k. (knox) polk 1845-1849 vice president: george m. dallas dallas was mayor of...
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President #11James K. (Knox) Polk
1845-1849 Vice President: George M. Dallas
Dallas was Mayor of Philadelphia, Senator from Pennsylvania and U.S. Ambassador to Russia and Great Britain.
Although cities and counties in many states are named after him, including Dallas County in Texas, The city of Dallas may have been named after his brother, Alexander.
Manifest Destiny
Key Events
• Mexican American War• Mexican Cession• 54-40 or Fight!• Oregon Trail• Gold Rush• Bear Flag Republic
Mexican Cession(525,000 Square Miles!)
President #12Zachary Taylor
1849-1850 (Died)Vice President:Millard Fillmore
Old Rough and Ready
Key Events• Southerners threaten to
secede.• Taylor threatens to hang
rebels.• President refuses to support
the Compromise of 1850.• Taylor dies.• Poisoned?
General Taylor dies suddenly and mysteriously in July of 1850.
President #13Millard Fillmore
1850-1853 The Not So Great Compromise
Fillmore had no Vice President.
Coming Apart at the Seams
Key Events• Wilmot Proviso• Compromise of 1850
Wilmot Proviso
Under Senator Wilmot’s Proviso, slavery would be banned from the new territory won from Mexico.
Wilmot Proviso: PA congressman, David Wilmot, proposed that a bill be amended to forbid slavery in any of the new territories from Mexico. The proviso was passed through the house twice, but was defeated both times.
President #14Franklin Pierce
1853-1857 Vice President: William Rufus King
William R. King and his close friend, James Buchanan were known as Miss Nancy and Aunt Fancy.
Bloody Kansas
Key Events• Kansas Nebraska Act• Bleeding Kansas• Sack of Lawrence• John Brown’s Raid• Brook’s attacks Sumner• Gadsden Purchase
Kansas Nebraska ActJohn Brown
Preston “Bully” Brooks assaults Charles Sumner.
The Gadsden Purchase was the last piece of the puzzle.
President #15James Buchanan
1857-1861 Vice President: John C. Breckinridge
1. Senator from Kentucky2. Came in third behind Lincoln and Bell in 18603. Fought for Confederacy4. Fled to Cuba to avoid treason charges5. Granted Amnesty in 18696. Spoke out against Ku Klux Klan
Defended the Constitution but not the Union
Key Events• Dred Scott decision
• South Carolina Secedes• Battle of Fort Sumter• American Civil War
The Shooting Starts
Buchanan felt that the Constitution did grant him the power to prevent South Carolina from seceding.
December 1860 S.C. secedes.April 1861 battle begins.