OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON ZACHARY TAYLOR 



Outline 



I. Early Years 



(1) Birth and parentage 



(2) Lack of education 



(3) Effect of "war stories" in determining 



choice of vocation 



II. Military Career 



(1) Appointment as first lieutenant 



(2) War of 1812 



(a) Defense of Vincennes 



(b) Made major by brevet 



(3) Indian warfare 



(a) Reduction and re-promotion 



(b) Black Hawk War 



(c) War against Seminoles 

 ( 4 ) The Mexican War 



(a) Assigned defense of Texas 



(b) Encampment on Rio Grande 



(c) Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca 



de la Palma 

 (1) Superior Mexican forces 



(d) Occupation of Matamoras 



(e) Capture of Monterey 



(f) Coming of General Scott 



(g) Battle of Buena Vista 



( 1 ) Superior Mexican force 

 (h) Victories factor in determining 

 future career 



III. Election of 1848 



(1) Possible Whig candidates 



(a) Reason for choice of Taylor 



(2) Absence of sharp campaign 



(3) Victory of Taylor 



IV. Administration 



( 1 ) Choice of Cabinet 



(2) Treaty with Nicaragua 



(3) The Clayton-Bui wer Treaty 



(a) "Neutrality and security" of isth- 

 mian canal guaranteed 



(4) Compromise of 1850 



(a) Rising public sentiment 



(b) Great speeches on the question 



(c) Terms of Compromise 



(1) California admitted as free 



state 



(2) New Mexico and Utah organ- 



ized as territories 



(3) Slave trade suppressed in 



District of Columbia 



(4) Fugitive Slave Law enforced 



(d) Immediate results 



(e) Later effects 



(5) Death of President 



V. Summary 



( 1 ) Character of Taylor 



(2) Rank as soldier 



(3) Political possibilities 



Questions 



What does the expression "stay in my shoes" mean and under what circum- 

 stances did Taylor make use of it? 



Quote from a speech which indicates clearly the degree to which a feeling of 

 animosity between North and South on the slavery question had increased. 



How did Taylor's rise to the Presidency resemble that of Grant? How did it 

 differ from that of Harrison? 



What connection did the head of the Confederacy have with Zachary Taylor? 



What statesman during this administration wrote a great speech but was too 

 weak to deliver it? 



What was the occasion of this speech, and what other famous statesmen took 

 part in the controversy? 



With what famous Indian chief did Taylor come into conflict? 



What battle really won for Taylor the Presidency, and what were the circum- 

 stances that made this battle such a triumph? 



What was Taylor's popular nickname? 



How did a treaty with Nicaragua make necessary a treaty with Great Britain, 

 and what were its terms? 



