Match these men with the phrase that best describes them.
1. a general in the mexican army
john c. calhoun
2. supported the theory of nullification
solomon northrup
3. black freedman sold into slavery
john brown
4. secretary of war - 1853
jefferson davis
5. attacked federal arsenal at harper's ferry
robert hayne
6. led settlers into texas
roger b. taney
7. supreme court justice
stephen austin
8. advocate of popular sovereignty
stephen douglas
9. captured john brown at harper's ferry
robert e. lee
10. vice president of the united states
santa anna

1. A general in the Mexican Army  --- Santa Anna

2. Supported the theory of nullification  --- Robert Hayne

3. Black freedman sold into slavery  --- Solomon Northrup

4. Secretary of War in 1853 --- Jefferson Davis  

5. Attacked Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry --- John Brown

6. Led settlers into Texas --- Stephen Austin

7. Supreme Court Justice --- Roger B. Taney

8. Advocate of popular sovereignty --- Stephen Douglas  

9. Captured John Brown at Harper's Ferry --- Robert E. Lee  

10. Vice President of the United States  --- John C. Calhoun

Explanation:

1- Antonio de Santa Anna was a Mexican politician and military officer, who reached the presidency of his country.

2- Robert Hayne was an American politician. He represented the state of South Carolina in the US Senate from 1823 to 1832. Then, he was governor of South Carolina from 1832 to 1834. He was first a Democrat Republican, later a Democrat and a member of the Nullifier Party.

3- Solomon Northup was an African American abolitionist who was born free who gained renown for being kidnapped in 1841, when he went to a job interview.

4- Jefferson Davis was an American politician who served as the sole president of the Confederate states from 1861 to 1865. As a member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives before changing his allegiance to the Confederacy. He was appointed as the Secretary of War of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857, under President Franklin Pierce.

5- John Brown was an American abolitionist who appealed to armed insurrection to abolish slavery. He was the author of the Pottawatomie massacre in 1856 in Kansas and an attempted insurrection at Harpers Ferry in 1859 that ended in his arrest and hanging for treason against the State of Virginia.

6- Stephen Austin was an American businessman born in Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri, known as the Father of Texas. He brought hundreds of families from the United States to the region. He worked with the Mexican government to support immigration from the United States.

7- Roger Brooke Taney was Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from March 28, 1836 to October 12, 1864, the date of his death. He was the first Catholic to take place in the Supreme Court.

8- Douglas was known as an ingenious, skilled, tactical, clever, and effective party leader in the debate and passing of laws. He was a great defender of democracy, who firmly believed in the principle of popular sovereignty, especially in issues such as slavery and territorial expansion.

9- Robert E. Lee was the commander of the expedition that came to Harpers Ferry to capture John Brown.

10- John C. Calhoun was a political leader of the southern states of the United States, a leading political philosopher of the first half of the nineteenth century and one of the main actors in the great political disputes in his country. In these disputes he played an outstanding role as spokesman and defender of slavery, of the nullification and of the electoral rights of the minorities of the upper social classes, especially of groups such as slave owners, over the majority of the lower social classes.