Key terms, people, and events from Chapter 17 of the 13th edition of the American Pageant.
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| 8062003872 | John Tyler | One-term president after William Henry Harrison; saw the annexation of Texas |  | 0 |
| 8062003873 | Manifest Destiny | Belief that the US was chosen by God to expand from coast to coast |  | 1 |
| 8062003874 | Caroline Incident | Britain set fire and sank a US ship in the Niagara River, almost led to war with Britain |  | 2 |
| 8062003875 | James K. Polk | 11th president; oversaw the purchase of California, Oregon dispute, lowered tariffs, and established an independent treasury |  | 3 |
| 8062003876 | Creole Incident | 130 slaves took control of a ship, Britain offered asylum in the Bahamas; increased tensions between the US and Britain |  | 4 |
| 8062003877 | Zachary Taylor | General during the Mexican-American War, becomes the 12th president |  | 5 |
| 8062003878 | Lame-duck President | Time after a new president is elected, but has not been inaugurated yet. (Today it would be from Nov. - Jan. 20) |  | 6 |
| 8062003879 | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Ended the Mexican-American War, established the Mexico-Texas boundary at the Rio Grande |  | 7 |
| 8062003880 | Oregon Trail | 2,000 mile journey from Independence, MO to Oregon in which 1,000s of people died along the way |  | 8 |
| 8062003881 | Wilmot Proviso | Belief that slavery should not exist in ANY of the territories gained from the Mexican-American War |  | 9 |
| 8062003882 | Transcendalism | the belief that all things in nature are tied to God and therefore all things are divine. Made popular in the 1800s. Emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imaginaton; Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. |  | 10 |
| 8062003883 | American Scholar | written by Emerson, written as a speech, man must think for himself, study past greats but don't copy their ideas, understand nature, interact with the world |  | 11 |
| 8062003884 | Mormons | Church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, religious group that emphasized moderation, saving, hard work, and risk-taking; moved from IL to UT |  | 12 |
| 8062003885 | Shakers | 1840s; one of the first religious communal movements; kept men and women separate; failed due to lack of recruits. |  | 13 |
| 8062003886 | "Fifty-four forty or fight" | slogan used in the 1844 presidential election as a call for us annexation of the oregon territory |  | 14 |
| 8062003887 | Liberty Party | A former political party in the United States; formed in 1839 to oppose the practice of slavery; merged with the Free Soil Party in 1848. |  | 15 |
| 8062003888 | Aroostook War | Series of clashes between American and Canadian lumberjacks in the disputed territory of northern Maine, resolved when a permanent boundary was agreed upon in 1842. |  | 16 |
| 8062003889 | Walker Tariff | 1846 - Sponsored by Polk's Secretary of Treasury, Robert J. Walker, it lowered the tariff. It introduced the warehouse system of storing goods until duty is paid. |  | 17 |
| 8062003890 | spot resolutions | Measures introduced by Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln, questioning President James K. Polk's justification for war with Mexico. Lincoln requested that Polk clarify precisely where Mexican forces had attacked American troops. |  | 18 |
| 8062003891 | California Bear Flag Republic | Short-lived west Coast republic proclaimed by American rebels against Mexican rule just before the arrival of U.S. troops in the province. |  | 19 |
| 8062003892 | Battle of Buena Vista | Key American victory against Mexican forces in the Mexican-American War. Elevated General Zachary Taylor to national prominence and helped secure his success in the 1848 presidential election. |  | 20 |
| 8062003893 | Conscience Whigs | Anti-slavery whigs who opposed both the Texas annexation and the Mexican War on moral grounds. |  | 21 |
