Quizlet US History - Chapter 13

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  1. Abraham Lincoln: the first anti-slavery president; his election caused the South to secede
  2. Antonio Lopez deSanta Ana: Mexican general at the Alamo; later the president of Mexico
  3. Dred Scot v. Sanford: "a black man has no rights a white man is bound to respect"
  4. Franklin Pierce: 14th president of the US; favored the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  5. Frederick Douglass: escaped slave; one the most powerful antislavery speakers and writers
  6. James K Polk: elected president in 1844; gained WA, OR, CA, NV, TX, NM, AZ, and NV for the US
  7. John C Freemont: army commander who captured Mexican California for the US
  8. John L O'Sullivan: coined the term "manifest destiny"
  9. John Sloat: led the US Navy in capturing Monterey, CA
  10. Kansas-Nebraska Act: the settlers of KS were allowed to choose whether to be slave or free; this was a very bad idea
  11. Know Nothings: the American Party; anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic
  12. Ostend Manifesto: secret plan to take Cuba from Spain
  13. Republican Party: the antislavery party; made of antislavery Whigs and northern Democrats
  14. Sam Houston: won independence for Texas at the battle of San Jacinto
  15. Stephen Douglas: created the Kansas-Nebraska Act; lost the election of 1860 to Lincoln
  16. Steven Austin: the "father of Texas"; tried to find a peaceful settlement to Texas' conflict with Mexico
  17. Texas Annexation: After the Battle of San Jacinto, the US took almost ten years to decide to make Texas part of the Union
  18. The Compromise of 1850: With CA ready to become a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened
  19. The Gold Rush: After its discovery in 1948, 10's of thousands of treasure hunters descended on California
  20. Thomas O Larkin: Leader of American interests in California; helped take Monterey and later Southern CA
  21. Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo: ended the Mexican-American War; gave the US lots of territory for only $15million
  22. Zachary Taylor: American general; invaded northern Mexico; later elected president