Chapter 17 Flashcards
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Manifest Destiny
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- US was destined by god to spread its democratic ideas across the continent and possibly S. America as well
- major issue in election
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Webster-Ashburn Treaty 1842
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- Us got 7000 square miles of disputed 12000
- British got desired Halifax-Quebec route
- made peace over Caroline affair
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
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Us paid $15 million for TX and all territory west to Pacific Ocean, including CA
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Wilmot Proviso 1846
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- Slavery should never exist in the territory taken from Mexico.
- amendment passed house of reps but never in the senate
- came to symbolize burning issue of slavery in the territories
