Key terms, people, and events from Chapter 17 of the 13th edition of the American Pageant.
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| 1372062700 | John Tyler | One-term president after William Henry Harrison; saw the annexation of Texas | 1 | |
| 1372062701 | Manifest Destiny | Belief that the US was chosen by God to expand from coast to coast | 2 | |
| 1372062702 | Caroline Incident | Britain set fire and sank a US ship in the Niagara River, almost led to war with Britain | 3 | |
| 1372062703 | James K. Polk | 11th president; oversaw the purchase of California, Oregon dispute, lowered tariffs, and established an independent treasury | 4 | |
| 1372062704 | Creole Incident | 130 slaves took control of a ship, Britain offered asylum in the Bahamas; increased tensions between the US and Britain | 5 | |
| 1372062705 | Zachary Taylor | General during the Mexican-American War, becomes the 12th president | 6 | |
| 1372062706 | Lame-duck President | Time after a new president is elected, but has not been inaugurated yet. (Today it would be from Nov. - Jan. 20) | 7 | |
| 1372062707 | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Ended the Mexican-American War, established the Mexico-Texas boundary at the Rio Grande | 8 | |
| 1372062708 | Oregon Trail | 2,000 mile journey from Independence, MO to Oregon in which 1,000s of people died along the way | 9 | |
| 1372062709 | Wilmot Proviso | Belief that slavery should not exist in ANY of the territories gained from the Mexican-American War | 10 |
