MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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Which brigadier general who served under Winfield Scott later became the 14th President of the U.S.?
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Franklin Pierce
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Robert E. Lee
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Abraham Lincoln
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James Polk
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Franklin Pierce became 14th President of the United States at a time of apparent tranquility (1853-1857). By pursuing the recommendations of southern advisers, Pierce-a New Englander-hoped to ease the divisions that led eventually to Civil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was working in his father’s leather store in Galena, Illinois. He was appointed by the Governor to command an unruly volunteer regiment. Grant whipped it into shape and by September 1861 he had risen to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers.
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