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6 Cards in this Set
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Manifest Destiny
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A divinely granted right to expand the territory of the United States to the western frontier.
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James K. Polk
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Elected the 11th U.S. President. Believed in lower tariffs. Reduced the Tariff of 1842 from 32 % to 25%. Believed in the restoration of the independent treasurey. Believed in the acquisition/settlement of both California and Oregon.
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54'40"
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Before Polk, it was the end line of the oregon territory, which was at the tip of present day alaska.
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1848
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Made by Nicholas Trist, which agreed to pay 15 millino for the land and 3.25 million for the deaths of mexicans. It acquired Texas to the Ocean.
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"Conscience Whigs"
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Anti-slavery Whigs against acquiring all of mexico.
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Wilmot Proviso
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Had it passed, it would have outlawed slavery in all of the territory acquired from the Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty
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