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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 54-40 or fight | James Polk's slogan during election, showing the wanted boundaries for the oregon territory. |
| James Marshall | discovered gold in California while building a sawmill for John Sutter |
| Election of 1856 | Democrats nominated Buchanan, Republicans nominated Fremont, and Know-Nothings chose Fillmore. Buchanan won due to his support of popular sovereignty |
| Senator Andrew Butler | A S.C. Senator that was against slavery. Comments were said to him by Charles Sumner. |
| Wilmont Proviso | bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the war with mexico |
| Nicholas Trist | U.S. diplomat who negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| Zachary Taylor | General that was a military leader in Mexican-American War and 12th president of the United States. Sent by president Polk to lead the American Army against Mexico at Rio Grande. |
| Stephen Watts Kearny | General that captured Santa Fe and continued to San Diego, securing CA |
| Election of 1844 | Main debate over Texas. Whigs nominate Henry Clay and democrats nominate James Polk. Polk says he will annex Texas and Oregon to make both sides happy. Polk was elected |
| John C. Fremont | an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in opposition to slavery. |
| General George McClellan | Lincoln's first choice for commander of the Union forces/ he prepared the men well, but he would never attack/cautious. |
| Battle of Antietam | Civil War battle in which the North suceedeed in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland. Was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in 25,000 casualties |
| Battle of Fredericksburg | an 1862 civil war battle in virginia; one of the union's worst defeats |
| Fall of Vicksburg | Allowed the Union forces to control the mississippi river and gain contol of tennessee |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | Union General who destroyed South during "march to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah. |
| General George Meade | Union general; surrounded and defeated Lee at Gettysburg |
| copperheads | a group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War |
| "carpet bagger" | name given to many northerners who moved to the south after the civil war and supported the republicans |
| General O. O. Howard | Head of the Freedman's Bureau |
| Andrew Johnson | 17th president of the United States, came to office after Lincoln's assassination and opposed Radical Republicans; he was impeached |
| 13th Amendment | abolished slavery |
| Impeachment of Johnson | 1868 violated the Tenure of Office Act, but really was because of his stubborn defiance of Congress on Reconstruction. Fell one vote short |
| Edwin Stanton | Popular Secretary of War who is fired by Johnson and leads to Johnson's impeachment |
| Edmund Ross | The Republican senator from Kentucky who was the deciding member in the Impeachment of President Johnson. |
| "Waving the Bloody Shirt" | Practice during elections to accuse the opponent of being on the wrong side during war. |
| Grant Administration | Wasn't a good judge of Character |
| Election of 1876 | Ended reconstruction because neither canidate had an electorial majority. Hayes was elected, and then ended reconstruction as he secretly promised |
| Samuel Tilden | Democratic nominee for president in 1876, loses narrowly |
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