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John Tyler

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10th President

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Tariff of 1842

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protective measure raising tariffs to pre-Compromise of 1833 rates

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Caroline

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American steamer attacked bya British force on the New York shore

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Creole

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American ship caotured by a group of rebelling Virginia slaves

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Arostook War

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Series of clashes between American and Canadian lumberjacks in the disputed territory of northern Maine

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James K. Polk

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11th president

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Manifest Destiny

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belief that the U.S. was destined by God to spread its “empire of liberty” across North America

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Fifty-four Forty or Fight

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Slogan adopted by mid-nineteenth-century expansionists who advocated the occupation of Oregon territory

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Libert Party

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Antislavery party that ran candidates in the 1840 and 1844 elections

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Walker tariff

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Revenue enhancing measure that lowered tariffs

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Spot Resolution

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Measures questioning Polk’s justification for war with Mexico

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Stephen W. Kearny

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Led a detachment of 1700 troops from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe

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John C. Fremont

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Helped form the California Bear Flag Republic

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California Bear Flag Republic

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Short-lived California republic

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Battle of Buena Vista

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Key American victory against Mexican forces in thr Mexican-American War

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Winfield Scott

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Battled his way up to Mexico City

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Nicholas P. Trist

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Chief clerk of the State Department

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Ended war with Mexico; Mexico agreed to cede territory reaching northwest from Texas to Oregon

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Conscience Whigs

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Northern Whigs who opposed slavery

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David Wilmot

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Pennsylvania Congressman

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Wilmot Proviso

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Amendment that sought to prohibit slavery from territories acquired from Mexico

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