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south carolina senator who believed that if the US was patient and avoided unncecessary wars, it would become the strongest nation in the world
John Calhoun
president who urged congress to declare a war on mexico after the mexican soldiers attacked some US soldiers
James Polk
US general who marched troops into the Rio Grande and Palo Alto
Zachary Taylor
became the president in 1841 and was a pro-slavery whig
John Tyler
belief that the US should expand to the Pacific Ocean
manifest destiny
discovered gold while working in Sutter's Mill
James Marshal
revolt against Californios by a small group of americans who declared california to be an independent nation
bear flag revolt
US general who calimed the entire territory of new mexico for the us and prepared to march to Cali
Stephen Kearny
south carolina senator who believed that if the US was patient and avoided unncecessary wars, it would become the strongest nation in the world
John Calhoun
president who urged congress to declare a war on mexico after the mexican soldiers attacked some US soldiers
James Polk
US general who marched troops into the Rio Grande and Palo Alto
Zachary Taylor
became the president in 1841 and was a pro-slavery whig
John Tyler
belief that the US should expand to the Pacific Ocean
manifest destiny
people who came to California hoping to strike rich
forty-niners
head of the Mormon Church
Bringham Young
to search for gold
prospect
transcendentalist who was so upset by the war that he went to jail rather that paying his taxes
henry david thoreau
transcendentalist who predected that the disagreements over the Mexican War would divide Americans
ralph waldo emerson