The American Pagean Ch. 17
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32 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 William Henry Harrison | whig president, elected in 1840, died after one month in office, slogan-"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too." |
| John Tyler | not part of whig plan, strong independent streak, did not share whig beliefs, V.P. in elention of 1840, became president, southern, democrat in whig clothing |
| Banking Issue | Whigs, led by Henry Clay wanted independent treasury, Tyler signed law, Tyler vetoed a new Band of the United States, Tyler was kicked out of the whig party |
| Tariff Issue | whigs passed tariff bill, Tyler vetoed it, whigs lowered the tariff bill, Tyler passed this bill |
| England's hate for America | angry american debtors couldn't pay up after Panic of 1837 |
| Caroline | ship attacked above Niagra Falls by Canadians, Canadian McLeod boast of attack condemned to exicution by americans |
| Creole | ship overtaken by 130 slaves, southern americans were upset |
| Maine-canada border | Btitain wanted to build a road, U.S. wanted the land |
| Aroostoook War | lumberjacks fighting on each side over who would get to chop down the lumber, Maine-canada border |
| Webster-Asburton Treaty | drew a line at Aroostoock River, split the land, US got mesabi iron ore rand, valuble land |
| Texas as its own country | 1836, made international friends, |
| Issues with annexing texas | war with mexico, Britain wanted Texas as its ally, |
| Benifits of Texas | land and economic possibilities |
| James K. Polk | 1844, ran for president, pro-expansion, manifest destiny, victory over clay, Texas joined Union, |
| Oregon Dispute | claimed by Spain, Russia, England, and US, |
| Robert Gray | explored along the cost and Columbia River |
| Oregon Fever | americans followed the oregon trail out west |
| Polk's Goals as President | Lower tariff, Restore independent treasury, Oregon border issue, Get California |
| oregon border issue settled | US wanted 54 40 laditude, agreement was split at 49th parallel |
| John Slidell | envoy to Mexico City to make an offet to purchase California for 25 mil, turned away |
| Getting California | Polk ordered 4,000 troops to Rio Grande, mexico disputed say Texas-Mexico border was Nueces river instead, polk asked congress to declare war and they did |
| Abraham Lincoln | spot resolution, wanted to know which nation owned the disputed land |
| Santa Anna | dictatory of mexico, exiled in Cuba |
| Gen. Stephen W. Kearny | 1,700 troops marched from Ft. Leavenworth to New Mexico/Mexico border, marked off present border of the US |
| Cpt. John Fremont | took California and proclaimed it the "Bear Flag Republic" |
| Commodore Sloat | came by boat with the US Navy to secure California for good |
| Gen Zachary Taylor | victories-Buena Vista, defeated Santa Anna |
| Winfield Scott | Conquered the capital city |
| Nicholas Trist | secure a peace deal as soon as Polk's demands were met, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | ended war, America got land, Mexican Cession, pay 15 mill, assume 3.5 mill in debtes |
| Profit and Loss in Mexico | only 13,000 deaths, good practice for war generals,turning point for the worst in American-Latin relations, what will be done about slaver? |
| Wilmont Proviso | David Wilmot, mexican cession lands be closed to slaver, failed in senate, helped lead into the civil war |
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