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| 589879196 | gentiles | Mormons fled to Salt Lake City to avoid persecution by _______ (non-mormons) | 1 | |
| 589879197 | 3 million | Between 1845 to 1854, __ _______ European immigrants landed in the United States | 2 | |
| 589879198 | Irish | largest group of immigrants | 3 | |
| 589879199 | religious, economic | Reasons to come to America were primarily ______ and _______ | 4 | |
| 589879200 | urban | Immigrants such as the Irish tended to settle in _____ areas where it was easier to find work | 5 | |
| 589879201 | Nativism | disliked the Irish, Catholics in general, immigrants, caused fear and dislike for immigrants, Protestants believe that they are better than Catholics and that they threaten their jobs | 6 | |
| 589879202 | Samuel Morse | warned that the despotic governments of Europe were systematically flooding the US with Catholic immigrants as part of a conspiracy to destroy republican institutions. | 7 | |
| 589879203 | Lyman Beecher | warned Protestants of an alleged Catholic conspiracy to send immigrants to the West in sufficient numbers to dominate the region. | 8 | |
| 589879204 | American Republicans, United order of Americans, Order of the Star Spangled Banner | three nativists groups | 9 | |
| 589879205 | Immigrants | the panic of 1837 increased nativist fears that poor ________ would steal jobs | 10 | |
| 589879206 | Molly Maguires | Irish coal mining terrorist group, accused of kidnappings, vigilantes (also called the angry leprechauns) | 11 | |
| 589879207 | Democratic | Irish and other immigrants tended to lean toward this political party | 12 | |
| 589879208 | Whigs | freed slaves would take their jobs, had different morals, disagreements over public education, and temperance were reasons the Irish did NOT like the ____ | 13 | |
| 589879209 | Sam Houston | the first president of the Republic of Texas, military leader during the Mexican war, defeated Santa Anna | 14 | |
| 589879210 | Steerage passenger | most immigrants sailed on cargo ships as steerage passengers, enduring quarters almost as crowded as on slave ships | 15 | |
| 589879211 | Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick | an immigrant society that welcomed newcomers, unlike most | 16 | |
| 589879212 | Heinrich Steinweg | he was a piano maker who came to New York and opened Steinway and sons (piano shop) | 17 | |
| 589879213 | Levi Strauss | he was a Jewish tailor who opened an overall factory in San Francisco which turned into Levi's jeans | 18 | |
| 589879214 | Maria Monk | she wrote Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery in Montreal which caused anti-Catholicism feelings; claimed to be a nun but actually a prostitute | 19 | |
| 589879215 | Know Nothing | a secret society that evolved from the Star Spangled Banner that became a political force in 1854 | 20 | |
| 589879216 | Bible Riots | Protestants spoke out against the Catholic pope; 30 building burned and 16 died before military stepped in | 21 | |
| 589879217 | wage slaves | immigrants and slaves that kept wages low because they were willing to work for less | 22 | |
| 589879218 | George Henry Evans | organized the National Reform Association, slogan was "Vote Yourself a Farm," advanced plans for establishing "rural republican townships;" wanted better working conditions, a 10 hour workday; The Workingman's Newspaper | 23 | |
| 589879219 | cannabalism | How did the Donner Party survive their travel to California? | 24 | |
| 589879220 | Battle of San Jacinto | In this battle Houston won, forcing Santa Anna to sign treaty recognizing independence of Texas (possibly 1836). | 25 | |
| 589879221 | William Henry Harrison | First Whig president | 26 | |
| 589879222 | whig, democrat, vetoed | Tyler was a _____ president but acted like a ______ and ______ a whole lot and thus weakened his party | 27 | |
| 589879223 | Polk | Won 1844 election "Whigs made fun of him for being the "dark horse" candidate :( Polk garnered support in election by insisting that annexing Texas would benefit the US and prevent a war over slavery (I guess that didn't really work out...)" - Lauren/ Madeline | 28 | |
| 589879224 | expansionists | 1) Wanted to preserve America's agricultural society and democracy (thought industrialization was hurting America) 2) God gave Americans the right and duty to expand to Pacific 3) Would help decrease tariffs and decentralize banks | 29 | |
| 589879225 | 49th | The Treaty of 1846 put the Oregon boder at the ____ parallel | 30 | |
| 589879226 | presidios | spanish military bases built to protect the missions | 31 | |
| 589879227 | William Ashley | American fur trader and explorer who created the "rendezvous system" in the Rocky Mountains where traders from the west could meet and trade items with traders from the east. | 32 | |
| 589879228 | Empresario | the Spanish word for a land agent whose job it was to bring in new settlers to an area | 33 | |
| 589879229 | Stephen F. Austin | Known as the Father of Texas, led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States. | 34 | |
| 589879230 | Alamo | the mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico | 35 | |
| 589879231 | Tejanos | Mexican residents of Texas | 36 | |
| 589879232 | Texas Revolution | War between Texas settlers and Mexico from 1835-1836 resulting in the formation of the Republic of Texas | 37 | |
| 589879233 | Davy Crockett | a famous frontiersmen who fought in the Alamo on the side of the Texans. He, and others, ended up surrendering. | 38 | |
| 589879234 | Sam Houston | military leader who was elected president of Texas after Texas declared its independence | 39 | |
| 589879235 | San Jacinto | the river where Houston and his army attacked Santa Anna and his army | 40 | |
| 589879236 | Webster Ashburton Treaty | treaty negotiated by Secretary of State Daniel Webster and British Ambassador Alexander Ashburton; disputed territory in Canada split between Maine and British Canada | 41 | |
| 589879237 | Richard Pakenham | British Diplomat; negotiated over the abolition of slavery | 42 | |
| 589879238 | Slidell | This guy was supposed to negoiate the new border with Texas, the outstanding debts Mexico had to the US, and the purchase of California and New Mexico. But the Mexican Government didnt want to see him | 43 | |
| 589879239 | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Mexico cedes Texas with Rio Grande as boundary, New Mexico and California go to US, US assumes claims of American citizens against Mexican government, US pays Mexico $15 million: these are the terms of which treaty? | 44 | |
| 589879240 | Bad economic policies of Polk | Restore Independent Treasury, Tariff of 1846 (slashes duties to a minimum necessary for revenue), vetoes Rivers and Harbors Bill of 1846 in order to obtain more funding for internal improvements | 45 | |
| 589879241 | Wilmot Proviso | Passed in house but failed in senate where south had more representation, wanted to outlaw slavery in all territories gained from Mexico | 46 | |
| 589879242 | popular sovereignty | Those who occupy the state should decide the decision of slave or free state, Idea of Lewis Cass | 47 | |
| 589879243 | Free Soil Party | Formed in 1847 - 1848, dedicated to opposing slavery in newly acquired territories such as Oregon and ceded Mexican territory (merged with Liberty Party) | 48 | |
| 589879244 | 1848 | When they found gold in California | 49 | |
| 589879245 | 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, but defeated. | 50 | |
| 589879246 | Vera Cruz | Mexican seaport, major siege during Mexican War, ended with Mexican surrender | 51 | |
| 589879247 | Battle of Buena Vista | American army uses artillery to repulse much smaller mexican army | 52 | |
| 589879248 | Stephen Kearny | General in Mexican American War, he fought in New Mexico and California, took Sante Fe | 53 | |
| 589879249 | 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. | 54 | |
| 589879250 | Battle of Mexico City | Last battle. Led by General Winfield Scott. Mexicans surrendered. | 55 | |
| 589879251 | Tariff of 1846 | one of the lowest tariffs in American history, response to high tariffs in the past, under the Polk administration, specifically by Secretary of treasury Walker | 56 | |
| 589879252 | Rivers and Harbors Bill of 1846 | planned to give 500,000 dollars for internal improvements but vetoed by Polk for political reasons | 57 | |
| 589879253 | Committee of Vigilance | 1851, civilian law enforcement, wanted to stop crime and corruption defended people who openly talked about ending corruption and would kill anyone who ridiculed them for it, Old West gunslinger stuff | 58 |
