History Unit 8

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Manifest Destiny

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This term became a rallying cry for the expansionists, who thought that the US should expand to the west coast.

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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

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He made himself the dictator of Mexico and abolished the federal government. He led the attack against the Alamo.

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Sam Houston

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He started a revolt and declared Texas independant, then tried to get it annexed into the US.

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Alamo

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Santa Anna attacked this place in San Antonio and killed all the American defenders there.

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John Tyler

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This president was worried that the british would get Texas, so he annexed it just before his term expired.

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"Fifty-four Forty or Fight!"

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The democratic slogan for the elections of 1844. They wanted the entire Oregon territory.

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James K. Polk

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He was left to clean up the mess that Tyler had made by annexing Texas.

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Mexican War

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Started when Zachary Taylor was was attacked in Texas. The US ended up with half of Mexico's land.

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Stephen Kearny

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A US general who took Santa Fe and southern California with 1500 troops.

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Winfield Scott

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He took Vera Cruz and captured Mexico City.

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John C. Fremont

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He took northern California and declared it and the southern part independent.

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Bear Flag Republic

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The name for the independent California.

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Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo

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An 1848 treaty that ended the war with Mexico. It established the Rio Grande as the southern boundry of Texas.

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Wilmot Proviso

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An 1846 amendment to a bill that would prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico. It failed.

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Franklin Pierce

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Elected president in 1852.

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Ostend Manifesto

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Delegates negotiated in secret to buy Cuba. Their plans were leaked to the public and caused a scandal.

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Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

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A treaty between the US and Britain that said that any future canal through central America would be jointly created.

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Gadsden Purchase

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The US bought a small strip of land in the southwest for a potential east-west railroad in the south.

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Oregon Trail

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Overland trail from the east to the west, along which conditions were harsh.

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Elias Howe

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He invented the sewing machine.

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Samuel Morse

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He invented the telegraph in 1844.

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Commodore Matthew C. Perry

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He tried to convince Japan to open its ports to US ships.

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Panic of 1857

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A drop in prices and an increase in unemployment. It didn't affect the south much, due to exportation of cotton.

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Free-Soil Party

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A party that wanted to prevent the extension of slavery to the west and to keep out free blacks.

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Popular Sovereignty

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The policy that each new state would vote for whether slavery would be allowed there or not.

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Compromise of 1850

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Admitted California as a free state, divided the Mexican Cession, and employed popular sovereignty.

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Fugitive Slave Law

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The purpose of this law was to track slaves who escaped to the north and to bring them back to the south.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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This book moved a generation of northerners to regard all slave holders as monstrous and evil.

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George Fitzhugh

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He attacked capitalism as more inhumane and degrading than slavery.

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Franklin Pierce

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Even though he was a northerner, he was acceptable to southern democrats.

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Kansas - Nebraska Act

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This proposed that the Nebraska territory be divided into two territories which would use popular sovereignty.