11. James K. Polk (1845-1849)

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Presidency Charts – Period 5 (1844-1877) Complete these charts as you read the assigned chapters for this unit. For each event/person/term/theme/idea/etc. listed in the chart, provide a brief identification and discuss the significance in U.S. history. If possible, make connections to other people/events/themes/ideas/etc. Fit in all the info & details you can!!

10. John Tyler (1841-1845) 

Major events during Tyler’s Presidency Veto of Clay’s bill for a Third Bank of the U.S.

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Resignation of the Cabinet (except Webster)

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Annexation of Texas

11. James K. Polk (1845-1849) Election of 1844

Major events during Polk’s Presidency 

Oregon Boundary Dispute

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Mexican War

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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

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Wilmot Proviso

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Migration to Utah (1847)

12. Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) & 13. Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) Election of 1848

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Major events during Taylor and Fillmore’s Presidencies Gold Rush to California

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California applies for statehood

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Compromise of 1850

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

14. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) Election of 1852

Major events during Pierce’s Presidency 

Gadsden Purchase

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Creation of the Republican Party

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Bleeding Kansas

15. James Buchanan (1857-1861) Election of 1856

Major events during Buchanan’s Presidency 

Dred Scott decision

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Panic of 1857

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Lincoln-Douglas debates

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John Brown’s raid (Harper’s Ferry)

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Secession of South Carolina and creation of the Confederacy

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Crittenden plan (John J. Crittenden)

16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Election of 1860

Prominent Members of Lincoln’s Cabinet

Major events/people during Lincoln’s Presidency 

Civil War

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Confederate General Robert E. Lee

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Union General Ulysses S. Grant

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Suspension of the writ of habeas corpus

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Homestead Act

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Financing the War

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Election of 1864

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13th Amendment

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Lincoln’s 10% Reconstruction Plan

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Assassination (April 14, 1865)

17. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) Why he was put on the ticket in 1864

Opponents of Johnson Thaddeus Stevens Charles Sumner Edwin Stanton

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Major events during Johnson’s Presidency Presidential Reconstruction:

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Johnson’s Plan

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Adoption of Black Codes

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Formation of the KKK

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Freedmen’s Bureau

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14th Amendment

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Congressional Reconstruction: Reconstruction Act of 1867

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Tenure of Office Act

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Impeachment Trial

18. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) Elections of 1868 & 1872

Major events during Grant’s Presidency 

15 Amendment

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The Enforcement Acts

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Civil Rights Act of 1875

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Panic of 1873

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Grantism/corruption

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Boss Tweed

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Tammany Hall

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Purchase of Alaska

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Compromise of 1877