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Manifest Destiny

popular belief that it was the U.S’s mission to extend across North America

Sam Houston/ the Alamo

San Antonio, killed all American defenders, afterwards, this general captured Santa Ana

Election of 1844

elected James K Polk

James K Polk 

Democratic nominee for the Election of 1844

“Fifty-four Forty or Fight!”

Democratic slogan for the Election of 1844- about reoccupying Oregon Territory

General Zachary Taylor

moved army past Rio Grande, justified Mexico’s attack with starting the Mexican-American War

John C. Frémont

established the Bear Flag Republic in California

Mexican Cession

• established Rio Grande as the Mexican-U.S border

• gave California and New Mexico for $15 million

land mexico ceded to u.s

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• established Rio Grande as the Mexican-U.S border

• gave California and New Mexico for $15 million

• treaty ended mexican-american war.

Wilmot Proviso

attempt to forbid slavery in the Mexican Cession territories, defeated twice in the Senate

Ostend Manifesto

secret negotiation to buy Cuba from Spain

Gadsden Purchase

purchase by President Pierce for $10 million, helped railroad path, southern, present-day New Mexico and Arizona

Free Soil Movement (Party)

political party, made to prevent the extension of slavery in the west

popular sovereignty

slavery determined by the vote of the people rather than Congress

Compromise of 1850

created by Henry Clay, established Fugitive Slave Law

nativism

hostility to immigrants

George Fitzhugh

pro-slavery author, writer of “Sociology for the South” and “Cannibals All!”

“positive good” argument

slavery = “a necessary evil” and beneficial to the slaveowner and slaves

Impending Crisis of the South

attacked slavery by using statistics showing that it weakened the south’s economy

Uncle Tom’s Cabin/ Hariet Beecher Stowe

books that created tension w/ North and South over its depiction of slavery- regarded slave owners as cruel

Hariet Tubman

most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, led ~300 to freedom

Underground Railroad

loose network of activists helping enslaved people escape to freedom

Fugitive Slave Law (1850)

persuaded southerners to allow California to join as a free state, tracked down escaped slaves and returned them to their owners

“Know Nothing” Party

Nativist, secret, society, formed into a political party