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Chapter 17 - Manifest Destiny and its Legacy - The American Pageant Flashcards

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All bold terms from Ch 17, based off the 14th and 15th Editions of Kennedy, Cohen, and Bailey's The American Pageant.

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1942649673Tariff of 184232% import tax passed through joint cooperation by President Tyler and Clay0
1942649674CarolineAmerican supply ship to Canadian insurgents burned by British forces1
1942649675CreoleSlave ship which, after a rebellion by its enslaved crew, was offer asylum in the British Bahamas2
1942649676Aroostook WarA series of clashes, mostly between American and Canadian lumberjack gangs3
1942649677Manifest DestinyThe idea the Americans were fated to spread their ideas and institutions across all of North America (coast-to-coast)4
1942649678"Fifty-four forty or fight"The Democrat slogan which demanded all of Oregon, or threatened combat5
1942649679Liberty PartyThe small anti-slavery party, based in NY, whose 16,000 votes swung the election in Polk's favor6
1942649680Walker TariffThe import tax which, though it lowered the rate from 32 to 25, it proved to be an excellent source of state revenue7
1942649681Spot ResolutionsMostly championed by Lincoln, they required exact information as to where Americans had been attacked, prior to the Mexican-American war8
1942649682California Bear Flag RepublicThe name which Californians gave to their new state prior to a part of the Union9
1942649683Battle of Buena VistaBattle in which General Zachary Taylor repulsed 20,000 Mexicans troops with just 5,000 men10
1942649684Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoSigned February 2, 1848, it brought an end to Mexican-American War11
1942649685Conscience WhigsCongressional Whig representatives who argued against slavery and opposed the Mexican-American War12
1942649686Wilmot ProvisoThough never brought into federal law, this legislation suggested that slavery never be used by the land acquired in the Mexican cession13
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