APUSH Unit 5 Yellow Vocab :O

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Manifest Destiny

the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable

Far West

applied to the states between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean

Gold Rush

a rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield. The first major one was California in 1848–49

Silver Rush

In 1859, several prospectors discovered its rich lode silver ore, and a great rush of miners poured eastward from California, and established Gold Hill and Virginia City

Oregon Territory

the boundary between the United States and Canada at the 49th parallel west of the Rocky Mountains

James K. Polk

the 11th President of the United States. A protégé of Andrew Jackson, he was a member of the Democratic Party and an advocate of Jacksonian democracy

Stephan Austin

Known as the "Father of Texas", and the founder of Texas, he led the second, and ultimately, the successful colonization of the region in 1825

Sam Houston

an American soldier and politician. His victory at the Battle of San Jacinto secured the independence of Texas from Mexico

Alamo

a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States), killing the Texian defenders.

Mathew C. Perry

was a Commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War

Mexican American War

also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the American intervention in Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848

Zachary Taylor

the 12th President of the United States, serving March 1849 until his death in July 1850

Winfield Scott

an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army, proposed the Anaconda Plan

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidaglo

ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including the present-day states California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming

Mexican Cession

the region in the modern-day southwestern United States that Mexico originally controlled, then ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Wilmot Proviso

Bill proposed after the Mexican War that stated that neither slavery no involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any territory gained from Mexico. It was never passed
through both houses but it transformed the debate of slavery

Ostend Manifesto

a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused

Gadsden Purchase

an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.

Free-Soil Party

a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections as well as in some state elections

Henry Clay

helped guide a fragile Union through several critical impasses. As senator, he forged the Compromise of 1850 to maintain the Union, but such compromises could not settle the fractious issues that ultimately resulted in Civil War.

Samuel F.B. Morse

was an American painter and inventor. Contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs

Panic of 1857

a financial panic in the United States caused by the declining international economy and over-expansion of the domestic economy

Nativism

a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants. the revival or perpetuation of an indigenous culture especially in opposition to acculturation.