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| elected Vice President and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862), didnt agree with Whigs, partyless | ||
| American steamer subject to an 1837 raid by a British-Canadian force while crossing the Niagara River, sinking just short of the falls. | ||
| Non-professional diplomat sent to Washington to negotiate with Daniel Webster a treaty to get a road for Britain. "Ash-Burton Webster treaty". | ||
| a treaty signed in 1842 between Britain and America to establish the Maine-Canada border. It gave land to both countries. America won the iron-rich area and Britain won the Halifax-Quebec route. | ||
| The British wanted land near the disputed Maine boundary for this overland trail | ||
| found in the territory seceded to the US in Minnesota | ||
| The 11th U.S. President, he led the country during the mexican war and sought to expand the United States | ||
| American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) | ||
| pioneer trail that began in missouri and crossed the great plains into the oregon country | ||
| a policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if granted by God) | ||
| proposed a tariff that reduced the rates of the 1842 tariff, it provided revenue despite opposition from New Englanders | ||
| line at which the Oregon Territory was drawn in 1846 | ||
| A diplomat sent by Polk to buy California, New Mexico, and Texas from the Mexicans. Mexico rejected his offer and Polk sent Taylor's army into Mexico | ||
| led a small amy that captured Santa Fe with no opposition; later joined the Bear Flag Revolution | ||
| helped overthrow mexican rule in california | ||
| Revolt against Mexico by American settlers in California who declared the territory an independent republic | ||
| Led the U.S. forces' march on Mexico City during the Mexican War. He took the city and ended the war. | ||
| U.S. diplomat who negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | ||
| Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million | ||
| Confederate general | ||
| member of Congress best known for the "Wilmot Proviso" (1846). This was a plan to not allow slavery in any of the land annexed from Mexico after the Mexican-American War. It did not pass, but was considered the first event in a long slide towards the Civil War. | ||
| Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico | ||
| The Democratic National Convention at Baltimore chose this leader who was a veteran of the War of 1812. He had many views on the extension of slavery such as Popular Sovereignty. | ||
| people hold the final authority in all matters of government | ||
| led troops in Texas, attacked by Mexican forces in 1846, Old Rough and Ready, Nominated to be president by the Whigs in 1848 | ||
| political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery | ||
| Nominated by the Free-Soil Party to be President | ||
| abolitionists secret aid to escaping slaves | ||
| United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913) | ||
| Senator from Illinois, author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Freeport Doctrine, argues in favor of popular sovereignty | ||
| In this speech, Webster urged the North to compromise on the issue of California slavery | ||
| Young radical anti-slaveryites more interested in purification of the Union than its preservation | ||
| antislaveryite from New York, he stated that on the issue of slavery, there was a higher law than the Constitution | ||
| elected Vice President and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874) | ||
| Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War | ||
| came from the Compromise of 1850; federal commissioners were appointed and given authority to issue warrants, gather, posses and force citizens to help catch runaway slaves | ||
| Democratic candidate for President in 1852 and the fourteenth president of the US. He made the Gadsden Purchase, which opened the Northwest for settlement, and passed the unpopular Kansas-Nebraska Act. | ||
| United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866). Nominated by the Whigs for President in 1852 | ||
| declared himself the president of Nicaragua and legalized slavery | ||
| came with a letter from the president asking for foreign relations between the US and japan, successful | ||
| a document drawn up in 1854 that instructed the buying of Cuba from Spain, then suggested the taking of Cuba by force It caused outrage among Northerners who felt it was a Southern attempt to extend slavery as states in Cuba would be southern states. | ||
| American diplomat, politician, and railroad promoter who negotiated the Gadsden Purchase. | ||
| purchase of land from mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-mexico boundary | ||
| This Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. People who were proslavery and antislavery moved to Kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the Act. This began guerrilla warfare. |
