| A | B |
|---|
| Taylor | 1848; died in office; 40 year military career |
| Taylor 2 | Nickname: Old Rough and Ready; Anti-slavery, but a slaveholder |
| Taylor 3 | First Pres to never have held previous office; Dept. of Interior |
| Taylor 4 | Comp of 1850 |
| Filmore | 1850; Commodore Perry sent to Japan |
| Pierce | 1852; Doughface; one of the worst Presidents in history for not preventing CW |
| Pierce 2 | Gadsen Purchase; Affirmed, but didn't swear, oath of office |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 | Build a transcontinental R&R |
| Stephen Douglass | Wanted to help state; Proposes act |
| Stephen Douglass 2 | Wants to build a railroad from Chicago to the West |
| Stephen Douglass 3 | Had to throw in popular sovereignty |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852 | Story of a Slave; Changed opinion about slavery |
| UT's Cabin 2 | Lincoln would later say, "so you're the little lady that started the war." |
| UT's Cabin 3 | South is super pissed off about the book |
| Buchannan | 1856; Only bachelor President & Pennsylvianian; Bleeding KS |
| 1855 | Pro and Anti Slavery groups pour in; Each group makes their own constitution |
| Lawrence | sacked; 5 people killed; John Brown led sacking of Pottawatomie Creek |
