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Manifest DEstiny
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belief that the US = most perfect country + God wanted the US to expand. (less forunate ppl in western hemisphere enjoy the blessings of democracy)
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Texas War for Independence 1835-1836
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war b/t Texas and Mexico after Texas Declared independence from Mexico. did not annex immediately b/c nothereners don't want more southern states. annexed in 1845
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Santa Anna
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president of Mexico during the Texas War and the Mex war. After both wars, Santa Ana ceded nothern provinces of Mex and Texas to the US
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dude
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Alamo 1835
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alamo = church putside antonio. site of a battle b/t Mex and Tex. 182 Am men died. "remember the Alamo" help spur Tex armies to fight the Mex
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church...remember
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Sam Houston
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US Senate for Tex...gov. led Tex Army to victory in 1836
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Election of 1840
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Democratic candidate MArtin Van Buren defeated by Will Henry Harrision (whig nominee). hoopla. 1st political slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too". 1st symbols: log cabin and hard cider
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hoopla
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William Henry Harrison
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1841 1st Whig president. 1st president to die in office.
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John Tyler
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Harrison's vice president. pres in 1841-1844. reorganized Navy, ended the Seminole War, opened diplomatice relations w/ China
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Webster-Ashbury Treat 1842
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Lord Ashburton from England and Daniel webster from Am negotiated border b/t Maine and Canada in 1842. treaty gave US portion of the disputed land and defined boundaries b/t Lake Superior and MAine
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land dispute
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John Jacob Astor
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Am fur trapper and realtor who went to the Oregon Territory to challenge the Hudson Bay Co monopoly on the fur trade and returned to the east bankrupt
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Oregon territory
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at one time jointly occupied by England, US, Russia, and Spain. later only Britain and US. treaty b/t US and England in 1846 split the territory at the 49th pararllel.
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54 40' or fight
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ORegon jointly occupied by England and am. Am wanted all of Oregon territory to the 54 40' N parallel or they would fight the British
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James K. Polk
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Democratic President 1845-1849. lowered tariffs, reestablish the independent Treasury, obtained Oregon and CAlifornia, directed Mex war (US acquired Mex Cession)
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Walker Tariff 1846
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reduced the duty rates from 325 to 25% and pacified the South temporarily
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south happy
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Spot Resolutions 1846
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Lincoln asked Polk to name the "spot" on Am soil where blood had been shed. came after Polk demanded war against Mex b/c shed blood. (Am blood had been shed in disputed territory and not Am soil)
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Lincoln
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General Zachary Taylor
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led 5,00 men against Santa Ana's 20,000 during the Battle of Buena Vista. military hero ->pres
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Mexican War 1846
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Polk sent General Taylor and army to disputed Tex territory. Taylor waited for Mex offensive..provoked Sanata Anna. Mex offense justified Polk's declaration of war. US defeated MEx. rewarded w/ peace treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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Wilmot Proviso 1846
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statement by David Wilmot. said slavery should not exist in any part of the territories recieved from MEx. (symbolized buring isssue of slavery b/t North and south)
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slavery
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John C. Fremont
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Capt. Fremont in CA in 1846. overthrew Mex govt ->new CA republic
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CA
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Treaty of Gudalup-Hidalgo 1848
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signed by Nicholas trist. ended Mex war, Am title to Texas. gave land from Mex to Oregon for $15 mil and required US govvt to assume all claims against MEx
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Mex Cession 1848
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large amount of land given to the US after the Mex war. present-day Utah, Arizona, Nevada New Mexico, and CA
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