American Pageant Chapter 17 Vocab Flashcards

Key terms, people, and events from Chapter 17 of the 13th edition of the American Pageant.

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