Christ and the Americas Chapter 13: People, Places, and Things
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GallagherGirl039 on January 18, 2011
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Seton American History, JPII Prep
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Henry Clay | Kentucky Senator who ran against Adam, Jackson, and Crawford in the Presidential election of 1824 |
| John C. Calhoun | Vice President to Jackson; urged South Carolina to disobey protective tariff laws |
| Nicholas Biddle | President of the U.S. Bank |
| Sam Houston | Governor of Tennessee; commander-in-chief of the Armies of the Texas Republic |
| Martin Van Buren | Jackson's hand picked successor from New York; President from 1837-1841 |
| William Henry Harrison | died after one month in office as President in 1841 |
| John Tyler | Vice President who became President from 1841-1845 upon the previous president's death |
| James K. Polk | Democratic nominee in 1844 who slogan was "54-40 or Fight" |
| John Fremont | provoked Castro in California; assisted Stockton in occupying Los Angeles |
| Robert Stockton | Commodore in command of the U.S. Fleet in California |
| Windfield Scott | most talented general in U.S. during Polk's presidency; victorious in Veracruz and Mexico City |
| James Frazier Reed | leader of a group of poneers migrating west; rode in the Prairie Palace Car |
| James Marshall | first person to see a gold nugget in California; sighted gold at Sutter's Fort in 1848 |
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