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32 Cards in this Set
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Describe the Election of 1840
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Old Tippecanoe/War General- Fought Indians/ Figurehead/Whig
Secretary- Webster Clay- Speaker Tyler- Vice Gets Pneumonia & Dies after 4 weeks |
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John Tyler
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Harrisons Vice President
Called His Accidency Former Jacksonian Democrat Didnt agree with the whig party and went against them with all issues add bank add internal improvements add protective tariff |
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Whhat does tyler do that angers the Whigs?
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vetoes clays legislation for a new Bus
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Problems for Tyler
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he solves the border issue of canada, should he annex canada? there is controversy over the tariff bill although democrats love it, he was kicked out of his politcal party and threatened to be impeached
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Why do americans love the british?
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trade cotton shipping, they are getting cotton at a goos price
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Why do we hate britain?
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two recent wars, the british aristocracy was trashing us in pamphlets, tour guides, and books; the canadian independence movemnt
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Describe the canadian independence movement
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Canada wants independence from Great Britain, america supports it because the british are still a threat, they bring the carolina over with supples but it is attacked on the niagra river, we say many died and fell over the falls, it really didnt sink
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Aroostook War
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dispute over the borders of main/ what land was owned by what country?
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Lord Ashburton
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sent to the united states by england to negotiate
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Ashburton - Webster Treaty
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we got 7000 of the 12000 square miles of land
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What did texas fear?
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they were afraid they might be takenover by mexico
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How did american feel about Texas?
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they were hesitant to take texas, the lone star republic because they feared war with mexico, they didnt know weather itd be free or slave and the north was afraid of american expnnsion for senate
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Where did texas turn?
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to holland france beligium and england for negotiations in order to be protected from mexico
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What is the biggest issue in the election of 1844
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texas
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who ran in the election of 1844
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James K Polk Democrat
Henry Clay Whig |
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In 1845 Tyler asked texas to be the
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28th state
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Why did britain want a free texas
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open market, cotton land tariff free, slave free, foot in the door
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Willamette River Valleystre
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streghtned our hold on oregon
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why does the us think it deserves oregon?
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occupation and exploartion
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why did the united states want oregon
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fertile land, the oregon trail
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what did the journey to oregon entail
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death
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Manifest destiny
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it was our right to take over the contienent and spread democratic ideals, john sullivsn, it was our destiny to spread democracy westand expland american virtues as told by god
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why did americans head west
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manifest destiny, fertile land, gold rushrelgious freedomspanic of 1837 no land or jobsnew markets with mexico santa fe trail pacific route to asia free blacks and escaped slaves, immigrantsliving space
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Polks four point plan
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lower tariffs- the walker tariff lowered the tariff from 32 % to 25% and this proved good for the us
restoration of the independent treasury aqquisition of califrnia and the oregon dispute |
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polk view on oregon
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54 40 but we get the 49th paralllell
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John Slidell
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peace treaty
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trist
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megotiates treaty of guadalupe hildalgo we get new mexico nevada califrnoria texas border, adds 1/3 they lose 1/2 west to oregon too new mexico territoy arizonea and utah territoy colorado for 15 milllion senate wants to know if its free or black
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bearflag republic
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1848 bear flaG REVOLT JOHN C FLEMONT
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BATTLES OF THE MEXICAN WAR
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steven kearny wins at santa fe
zachary taylor at buena vista winfield scott at veracruz exico city |
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american view of mexican war
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we had 13000 american causulatlies , we reached a northern border we had military success but we got a conflict over the expansion of slavery
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wilmont proviso
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dsvid wilmont proposes prohibiting slavery in terriotoies aqquired from miscio, brought about sectionalism
north supports south opposes nothing gets bassed |
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slave issue
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wilmont proviso caused fire in the government and was the opening shots of the civil war
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