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7th Grade Social Studies
Mexico & U.S. History from the Revolution to Reconstruction
Class 130/133— Zachary Taylor’s Death
March 24/27, 2014
. Focus:
 What role did Zachary Taylor play in the War with Mexico?
 Find Zachary Taylor on page R16 and answer these questions:
… How long did her serve as President?
… How old was he when he died?
…Who replaced him as president?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Student Objectives:
1. I will identify the origins of the term “OK” and realize that I am not that much different than the youth of the
Antebellum Era.
1. I will evaluate the feasibility of the cause of President Zachary Taylor’s death.
Homework:
-Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 1 pgs. 476-481 (due 3/31)
-Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 2 pgs. 483-487 (due 4/1)
-Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 3 pgs. 488-490 (due 4/3)
-Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 3 pgs. 491-492 (due 4/4)
-Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 4 pgs. 493-495 (due 4/7)
-Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 4 pgs. 496-497 (due 4/8)
-Chapter 15 Test Wednesday 4/9
Handouts:
none
I. Background on Taylor
II. Election of 1848
III. Taylor’s Death
Key terms/ideas/ people/places:
Zachary Taylor
Lewis Cass
Henry Clay
By the end of class today, I will be able to answer the following:
Who ran in the election of 1848? Who won?
How did Taylor die?
What is popular sovereignty?
Popular Sovereignty
Notes
Class 130/133— Zachary Taylor’s Death
March 24/27, 2014
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Background on Taylor
o Born to Virginia plantation owners
o Related to James Madison and Robert E. Lee
o Daughter married Jefferson Davis
o Grew up in Kentucky
o Old Rough and Ready-Indian Fighter
Election of 1848:
o Crumbling away of second party system
o Clay announces his candidacy
o Whigs run Taylor, they ran a military hero of a way they had opposed
o Democrats run Lewis Cass-believes in popular sovereignty