Chapter 17 - Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

James Polk

Democrat who won the election of 1844 and Tyler took that as a sign to acquire Texas before he left the presidency

John Tyler

Was vice president to Harrison

Nicholas P. Trist

Signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848

Spanish Mexicans

Population of California (1845) consisted of ________ and Indians.

General Zachary Taylor

Polk ordered 4, 000 men under ________ to Rio Grande on January 13, 1846.

Spain

________ gave up its American territory with the Florida Treaty of 1819.

France

Teas made treaties with ________, Holland, and Belgium.

Third War with England

Was sparked by periods of public disdain for Britain

Polk

________ sent John Slidell to Mexico City in 1845 to buy California for $ 25 million with the offer being rejected.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Ceded Texas and area that included California to America for $15 million

David Wilmot

Proposed an amendment that stated that the territory from Mexico should remain slave-free

Mexican War

Provided field experience for officers who became generals in the Civil War

General Winfield Scott

________ was successful in attling his way to Mexico City and became Lincolns first choice n leading the Union Army in Civil War.

General Stephen W. Kearny

Led 1,700 troops to Santa Fe

Polk

________ asked Congress to declare war on Mexico on May 9, 1846.

Britain

Controlled the Oregon territory that was north of the Columbia River while America controlled the southern territory

Texas

Was a leading issue in presidential campaign of 1844

Manifest Destiny

Many Americans felt that God had destined them to spread their democratic institutions over the continent and over South Americas as well