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Young America- an American political and cultural attitude in the mid-nineteenth century.
Stephen F. Austin-known as the Father of Texas, led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States. Webster-Ashburton Treaty- signed August 9, 1842, was a treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies, particularly a dispute over the location of the Maine–New Brunswick border. Oregon Trail- historic east-west wagon route that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon and locations in between. It flourished from the 1840s until the coming of the railroad at the end of the 1860s. Santa Fe Trail- a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Joseph Smith- an American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Book of Mormon- a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr. Brigham Young- an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the western United States. Nauvoo- a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. 1844 election- Democrat James Knox Polk defeated Whig Henry Clay in a close contest that turned on foreign policy, with Polk favoring the annexation of Texas and Clay opposed. John Tyler- the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845) and the first to succeed to the office following the death of a predecessor. James K Polk- the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). Free Development- a tax free institution. Manifest Destiny- the 19th century American belief that the United States (often, as Horsman (1981) notes, in the ethnically specific form of the "Anglo-Saxon race") was destined to expand across the North American continent, from the Atlantic Seaboard to the Pacific Ocean. 54-40 or Fight- the oregon boundary dispute. Zachary Taylor- the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States[1][2] to the interim government of a militarily occupied Mexico City, that ended the Mexican-American War (1846 – 48) on February 2, 1848. Winfield Scott- a United States Army general, and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852. John C Fremont- an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. Samuel Morse Frederick Merk Charles Goodyear Cyrus McCormick Walt Whitman Herman Melville Daniel Webster Secularization Act Empresarios Santa Anna Tejanos Davy Crockett Sam Houston Lone Star Republic |
