Flashcard sets with a 'zachary taylor' term meaning 'taylor was a general and hero of the mexican-american war. he was elected to the presidency in 1848, representing the whig party and was a good soldier but poor administrator. he was in office during the crisis of california's admittance to the union but died in office before a compromise could be worked out, and left vice president filmore to finalize a deal between the hostile north and south. his significance as president was that he was one of the last whigs and didn’t solve the problem of sectionalism in the country which caused the civil war.'

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