US History 1301 Final Exam Study Guide Questions with Correct Answers

US History 1301 Final Exam Study Guide Questions with Correct Answers Millard Fillmore - Answer-Vice President under Zachary Taylor, 13th President of the United States after Taylor's death. Responsible for forcing open Japan to trade with the Treaty of Kanagawa. Stephen A. Douglas - Answer-Supported idea of popular sovereignty, where localized regions could decide slaveholding policies. Created Freeport Doctrine. Henry Clay - Answer-Secretary of State under President John Quincy Adams. Pushed for the Compromise of 1850, with overall conflicting stances on race and slavery. Kansas-Nebraska Act - Answer-Allowed people in territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo - Answer-Officially entitled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States and the Mexican Republic. Ended Mexican-American War. Preston Brooks - Answer-Democratic Representative from South Carolina. Fervent advocate of slavery and states' rights. John Brown - Answer-Abolitionist who worked with the Underground Railroad. Believed in using violent means to end slavery. Led an unsuccessful raid on Harpers Ferry federal armory. Dred Scott - Answer-An enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom, and that of his wife and 2 daughters in Dred Scott v. Sandford. Claimed he should be granted freedom because he and his family had lived in Illinois and Wisconsin Territory for four years, where slavery was illegal. Abraham Lincoln - Answer-16th President of the United States. Preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves. Jefferson Davis - Answer-U.S. Senator and Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce. Elected as President of the secessionist Confederate States of America. John J. Crittenden - Answer-Politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. Served on the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.