| Term | Definition |
|---|
| manifest destiny | we have the right to expand and God placed the dutie in us to expand |
| John O'Sullivan | A New York editor who first used the term Manifest Destiny in his magazine Democratic Review |
| John Tyler | helped make expansion important in election of 1844 and was pres after Harrison died in 1841, was a pro-slavery whig, wanted to annex Texas, and was not choosen as presidential canidate for this belief |
| Henry Clay | Was the Wig Party cannidate during the 1844 election at first he was against annexation but half heartedly changed his mind after being pressured by southern voters |
| James K. Polk | Democratic party's presidential canidate in the 1844 election. Had a strong belief in Annexation and won the election |
| Zachary Talor | A general in the Mexican American war who first cross Rio Grande |
| Social Factors of MD | The desier to spread religious beliefs and ease overcrowding combined with a belief in American superiority |
| Political Factors of MD | The desire to spread democracy and American ideals of Liberty |
| Economic Factors of MD | The desire for more farmland, more markets for economic growth |
| John Slidel | Tried to negociate with mexico and buy CA and New Mexico for $30 million but would not be spoken to |
| Henry David Thoreau | Went to jail for refusing to pay taxes cause he thought they would support war with Mexico and wrote Civil Disobediance |
| Reasons people were agains war | Transcendentalists, unnessisary, unjustified, might tip scale in Congress |
| 1st Palo Alto | US victory May 8th 1846 won by General Zachary Talor -drove troops back into Mexico |
| 2nd Resaca de la Palma | US Victory May 9th 1846 won by General Zachary Talor -drove troops back into Mexico |
| 3rd Santa Fe | US victory May or June time frame1846 General Steven Kearny -Takin without a fight |
| 4th Bear Flag Revolt | US victory John C. Fredmont -American settlers encouraged and joined by Fredmont revolt and declared CA an independent nation |
| Monterey (Capitol of Mexican province in CA) | US victory US navy |
| San Deigo, LA, and San Fran | US victory taken by US navy and Kearny |
| CA declared US | In August 1846 Commodore Robert Stockton declared that CA belonged to the US |
| Governor of CA | General Kearny was appointed Governor of CA by Pres. Polk |
| Monterry | US victory Talor -hard battle |
| General Santa Anna | he took over Mexican Government in 1847 |
| Buena Vista | General Santa Anna vs. Talor feburary 1847 |
| Veracruz | US victory March 29 1847 General Winfield Scott -88 hour artillery attack |
| Cerro Gordo | US Victorymid April 1847 -Santa Anna tried to stop Scott from taking Mexico City |
| Mexico City | US victory September 14, 1847 Scott -Scott tried to call a truce but didn't work so they attacked and won |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Febuary 1848 it ceced the Mexican Cession, US payed $15 million to Mexico and assumed claims of more than $3 million held by american citizens against Mexico |
| Mexican Cession | present day CA, Nevada, and Utah and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colarado, and Wyoming and area north of Rio Grande |
| Gadsden Purchase | James Gadsden US minister to mexico negotiated this. Dec. 1853 US paid $10 million for southern parts of now Arizona and New Mexico |
| Joseph Smith | founded church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |
| Mormons | Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |
| Brigham Young | Became head of Mormon Church following Smiths murder and choose present day Utah for them to settle in |
| Mormon Trail | trail takin by mormons to Utah |
| forty-niners | people who came to California in search of Gold |
| prospect | search |
| California Gold Rush | 1849 when thousands of people came to CA in search of Gold |
| Biddy Mason | arrived in CA as slaves and became one of the wealthiest land owners in CA |
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