Ch 17 Ap Us Dr. Quaid's Class

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"Old Tippecanoe"

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Harrison (died 4 weeks into presidency)

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Daniel Webster

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Sec of state

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Henry Clay

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uncrowned king of the Whigs and their ablest spokeman in the Senate

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John Tyler

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Vice Pres who became the president when Harrison died; from Virginia; "old school", former democrat who became a Whig

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unpublished Whig Party Platform

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Clay and Webster, nationalistic program (not sure on this one..)

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independent treasury system

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establish a new bank of the US

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"Fiscal Bank"

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having an independent treasury/new bank

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"Great Compromiser"

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Clay; would do anything to conciliate

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"Fiscal Corporation"

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after Tyler veteos bank come with bill for this

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"His Accidency"

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Whigs called Tyler this because he wasn't supposed to be president

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Whig Tariff

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Tyler vetoed it at first, it was changed to be similar to the tariff of 1832 and then it passed

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"Third War with England"

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recent problems with England; it was fought with paper broadside (books, pamphlets, travel guides, newspaper articles, etc)

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Caroline (should be underlined)

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American steamer bringing supplies to the rebels, England attacked and sunk ship; 1 American died but the US was angry because unlawful invasion of American Soil

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Creole (should be underlined)

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American ship, US slaves take over and go to Brit west indies and are freed

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"Aroostook War"

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small scale lumberjack clash in disputed Maine territory

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Lord Ashburton

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concilitory fiancier, nonprofessional diplomat from Brit to meet with Weber to fix problems

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Halifax-Quebec route

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what Brit got in treaty about Maine line

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Lone Star Republic

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Texas as an independent country (declared freedom from Mexico)

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presidential campaign of 1844

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Texas and Oregon are big issues (expansion in general; democrats run Polk and Whigs run Clay - Polk wins

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James K. Polk

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proexpansion Democrat

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Oregon country

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enormous wilderness: west of the Rockies to the Pacific and North of CA 54 40'

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Robert Gray

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1792 Captain who found Columbian River

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Lewis and Clark

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went thru Oregon country to the Pacific

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"Oregon Fever"

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many people began to move to Oregon (Oregon trail)

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"Manifest Destiny"

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Almighty God had "manifestly" destined the US people for a hemispheric career over the entire continent

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Robert J. Walker

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Sec of treasury for Polk; devised a tariff-for-revenue bill that reduces rates from the '32 tariff by 25%

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independent treasury

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part of Polk's plan; victory in 1846

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Oregon Settlement

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the line of the 49th parallel

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John Slidell

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sent to Mexico City as a minister in 1845 to offer $25 mil for CA

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Zachary Taylor

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general who led 4000 troops to march from the Nueces to the Rio Grande

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Nueces River

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where Mexico thinks the Texas border was

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Rio Grande

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when US thinks the Texas border was

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Abe Lincoln

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against the war with Mexico; "spot resolution" - he wanted to see the spot of American blood

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Santa Anna

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dethroned Mexican dictator; rallied Mexican people to defend their soil

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Stephen W Kearny

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led 1,700 troops over famous Santa Fe Tral

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John C Fremont

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dashing explorer, collaborated with US naval officers anf US people of the Bear Flag Republic

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Bear Flag Republic

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California as an independent country

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"Old Rough and Ready"

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Taylor because of his iron constitution and unsoldierly appearance

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Buena Vista

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Taylor won huge upset here

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Vera Cruz

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trusted to Scott

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General Winfield Scott

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hero of War of 1812; battles his way to Mexico City

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"Old Fuss and Feathers"

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Scott becasue his resplendent uniforms and strict discipline

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Nicholas P. Trist

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chief clerk of state dep.; arranged armiste with Santa Anna

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Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo

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Feb 2, 1848: Us gets Texas, California, and Oregon for $15 million and drops Mexican claims

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Robert E. Lee

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received first experience in the Mexican War

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Ulysses S. Grant

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received first experience in the Mexican War

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Military Academy at West Point

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founded in 1802; justified well trained officers

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Annapolis

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Naval academy established by George Bancroft in 1846

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Colossus of the North

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Uncle Sam is now considered this after the Mexican War because people thought that the US took land from a weaker neighbor

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Fr. Junipero Serra

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enterprising Franciscan friar who established 21 missions along the CA coast

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David Wilmot

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representative from Penn, fearful of Southern slavocracy so introduced amendment: slavery shouldn't exist in any of the territories we wrestled from Mexico