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| 254790430 | Daniel Webster | Secretary of state under William Henry Harrison | 0 | |
| 254790431 | John Tyler | Added as an afterthought to William Henry Harrison's election ticket, he became the 10th president of the US after Harrison's death in 1841. (Whig) | 1 | |
| 254790432 | William Henry Harrison | Elected on the continued wave of "hard-cider" voters, he was elected the 9th president of the US in 1840, but died only a month into his term. (Whig, though largely a Democrat) | 2 | |
| 254790433 | Tariff of 1842 | A tariff signed reluctantly by John Tyler, not for protective reasons but because Tyler saw the need for more revenue. | 3 | |
| 254790434 | The Caroline | A steamship that was attacked by British soldiers in New York while carrying supplies to Canadian insurrectionists. (1837) | 4 | |
| 254790435 | The Creole | An American ship captured by escaped slaves who were harbored in a British island in the Caribbean, raising fears that the Caribbean would become a haven for escaped slaves. | 5 | |
| 254790436 | Aroostook War | A small clash between Canadian and Maine lumberjacks, over the disputed northern Maine territory. | 6 | |
| 254790437 | Webster-Ashburton treaty | Split the disputed Maine territory to half British and half American, patching over some conflicts between the two nations. | 7 | |
| 254790438 | Oregon Country | An expanse of wilderness in the Pacific Northwest that was claimed by both the British and the US. | 8 | |
| 254790439 | Oregon Fever | this sudden influx of American settlers into the Oregon Country gave the US an advantage in population over the British in the territory. | 9 | |
| 254790440 | James Polk | The Democrat-nominated presidential candidate for the 1844 election, he was called "young hickory" by his opposition for his background in Tennessee and "Dark Horse" for being a relatively unknown candidate. | 10 | |
| 254790441 | Manifest Destiny | The belief that God had given Americans the destiny to control the entire northwestern hemisphere in the 1840-50s | 11 | |
| 254790442 | Henry Clay | The Whig candidate in the 1844 election who lost by a few thousand votes. | 12 | |
| 254790443 | Walker Bill | A bill that reduced tariffs from about 32 percent to about 25 percent, raising our tries from the north, but actually ended up producing a lot of revenue for the US government. | 13 | |
| 254790444 | Spot Resolution | Abraham Lincoln's proposition to know where exactly American bloom had been shed to precipitate the war with Mexico | 14 | |
| 254790445 | California Bear Flag Republic | the short-lived republic founded by Americans invading California | 15 | |
| 254790446 | General Zachary Taylor | the general in command of the war against Mexico, he was stationed in disputed territory to attempt to incite a violent response from the Mexicans. | 16 | |
| 254790447 | Buena Vista | A battle where Zachary Taylor's force of 5,000 men repulsed Santa Anna's force of 20,000 men. | 17 | |
| 254790448 | Nicholas P. Trist | American negotiator sent to Mexico who negotiated the purchase of California from Mexico | 18 | |
| 254790449 | Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo | The purchase of California and the disputed territory of Texas from Mexico for $15 million and ending the war between the US and Mexico | 19 | |
| 254790450 | Conscience Whigs | Whigs in Congress who opposed the war in Mexico | 20 | |
| 254790451 | Winfield Scott | US general who lead the American forces to a victory in Mexico City. | 21 | |
| 254790452 | Wilmot Proviso | a proposal that no territory taken from Mexico should become slave-holding territory. The Bill passed the house but not the senate. | 22 | |
| 254790453 | David Wilmot | He proposed that no territory taken from Mexico should become slave-holding territory. | 23 |
