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1.   He gained office thanks to the splintering of votes from Millard Fillmore on the Know Nothing ticket and John C Fremont on the Republican ticket

2. In the aftermath of this battle, Gideon Pillow relinquished command to Simon Bolivar Buckner, whose entreaties for a favorable truce were met with the replyNo terms except for unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted'

3. As a Congressman, he proposed a 50% duty on imported goods which was soon replaced by the Wilson-Gorman Tariff

4. This President organized a meeting between Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin that led to the Camp David Accords

5. John Pope's retreat from this battlefield was quite orderly, thanks in part toa lack of ammo on the opposing side

6. Name this leader of the Continental Army and the first United States President

7. Before becoming president, this man led the Albany Regency, and, while president, he struggled to fight poor economic conditions in the aftermath of the Panic of 183 For the point, name this presidential successor of Andrew Jackson

8. His economic policies were largely formulated by Andrew Mellon

9. Franklin Roosevelt's Agricultural Adjustment Act paid Arkansas farmers to reduce their yield of this crop, and itwas the primary trade item at the Royal Exchange in Manchester

10. This man's vice presidential candidate was toldSenator, you're no Jack Kennedy' during a debate

11. He defended Hanover County parishin a lawsuit filed by James Maury over whether clerical salaries could be paid in cash when tobacco prices became inflated. That Parson's Cause' case helped make the reputation of this man, who latergave a speech that drew yells of treason!' after he proclaimed,Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the Firs this Cromwell' andIf this be treason, make the most of it'

12. His presidency saw the uncovering of the Crédit Mobilier and Whiskey Ring scandals

13. General McClellan failed to seize the chance to pursue Lee, but Lincoln still counted it as the victory necessary to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

14. One figure who wrote essays opposing this project was George Clinton

15. This man met Frank Gallucio while working as a waiter at the Harvard Inn, where he was mentored by Johnny Yale

16. Several politicians expressed support for this agreement in the Georgia Platform

17. This treaty's tenth article callstraffic in slaves irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and justice,' and its ninth article urges the US to end hostilities with the Indians and restore their land

18. The Old Regulars political machine was defeated by this man during his bid for governorship

19. This case replaced the Hicklin test with a more protective standard

20. His mixed support among whites was bolstered by William Dawson's delivery ofthe black vote, which helped bring this man into protracted conflict with Saul Alinsky

21. This man denounced 'half-baked, spurious nationalism' in an acceptance speech for the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center

22. It began with an advance against Lawton and Jones from Doubleday, Ricketts, and Hooker

23. Because most of one side's ships were illegally built in London, the victor of this conflict received damages from the British government in the Alabama claims

24. The leaders of the defense included William J Hardee, who attacked William Sherman's forces on the left flank

25. While running for President, a man in this position released an unprecedented 12 years of his tax returns