Chapter 17/Manifest Destiny And Its Legacy 1841-1848

Question 1

Diplomatic row between the United States and Britain. Developed after British troops set fire to an American steamer carrying supplies across the Niagara River to Canadian insurgents, during Canada’s short =-lived insurrection

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Caroline(365)

Question 2

American ship captured by a group of rebelling Virginia slaves. The slaves successfully sought asylum in the Bahamas, raising in fears among southern planters that the British West Indies would became a safe have for runaway slaves.

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Creole(365)

Question 3

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

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Aroostook War(366)

Question 4

Belief that the United States was destined by God to spread it ‘empire f Liberty’ across North America. Served as a justification for mid-nineteenth-century expansionism

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Manifest Destiny(369)

Question 5

Slogan adopted by mid-nineteenth-century expansionists who advocated the occupation of Oregon Territory, jointly held by Britain and the United States. Though president Polk had pledged to seize all of Oregon, to 54, 40 he settled on the forty ninety parallel as a compromise to Britain.

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“Fifty-four forty or fight”(369)

Question 6

Antislavery party than ran candidates in the 1840 and 1844 elections before merging with the free soil party. Supporters of the Liberty party sought the eventual abolition of slavery, but in the short term hoops to halt the expansion of slavery into the territories and abolish the domestic slave trade.

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Liberty Party(370)

Question 7

Revenue-enhancing measure that lowered tariffs from 1842 levels, thereby fueling trade and increasing Treasury receipts.

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Walker Tariff(371)

Question 8

Measures introduced by Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln, questioning President James Polk’s justification for war with Mexico. Lincoln requested that Polk clarify precisely where Mexican forces had attacked American Troops

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Spot relationships (373)

Question 9

Short-lived California republic, established by local American settlers who revolted against Mexico. Once news of the war with Mexico reached the Americans, they abandoned the Republic favor of joining the US.

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California Bear Flag Republic(374)

Question 10

Key American victory against Mexican forces I n the Mexican War. Elevated General Zachary Taylor to national prominence and helped secure his success in the 1848 presidential election.

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Battle of Buena Vista(374)

Question 11

Ended the war with Mexico. Mexico agreed to cede territory reaching northwest from Texas to Oregon in exchange for $18.25 million in cash and assumed debts.

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo(375)

Question 12

Northern Whigs who opposed slavery on moral grounds. Conscience Whigs sought to prevent the annexation of Texas as a slave state fearing that the new slave territory would only serve to buttress the souther “slave power”.

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Conscience Whigs(375)

Question 13

Amendment that sought to prohibit slavery from territories acquired from Mexico. Introduced by Pennsylvania congressman David Wilmot, the failed amendment ratchet up tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery

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Wilmot Provision (377)

Question 14

Took office after the death of William Henry Harrison in 1841. He was a democrat but was swayed by his adoptive Whig Party. He signed a law to end the independent treasury but he vetoed attempts to create a Fiscal Bank. “His accidency”.

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John Tyler

Question 15

Campaign of 1844 which was based mostly off the idea of Manifest Destiny. Won because of Liberty Party which stole votes from Clay. 5 goals= Walker Tariff, Restoration of Independent Treasury, California, Oregon

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James K. Polk

Question 16

American general who in 1846 led troops from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe, which he easily won

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Stephen W. Kearny

Question 17

Captain and dashing explorer who collaborated with American naval officers and with the local Americans to defeat the Mexicans

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John C. Fremont

Question 18

• American general to whom command of the main expedition in Mexico was entrusted
• Hero in the War of 1812, “Old Fuss and Feathers” due to resplendent uniforms and strict discipline
• Led one of the most brilliant campaigns in American military annals in which he battled his way up to Mexico City despite his lack of troops, expiring enlistments, disease, mountainous terrain and political backbiting
• Proved to be the most distinguished general produced by America between the Revolution and the Civil War

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Winfield Scott

Question 19

Chief clerk of the State Department, 1848; arranged armistice with Santa Anna; signed Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo; secured Texas and other land as American territories.

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Nicholas P. Trust

Question 20

representative from Pennsylvania who introduced an amendment that would make slavery illegal in territory to be gained from Mexico. He proposed the amendment in 1846. This amendment was at the center of the slavery debate and inflamed both sides.

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David Wilmot

Question 21

Protective measure passed by Congressional Whigs, raising tariff to pre-compromise tariff of 1833 rates.

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Tariff of 1842(364)