American Pageant Chapter 17 Flashcards

254790430	Daniel Webster	Secretary of state under William Henry Harrison	0
254790431	John Tyler	Added as an afterthought to William Henry Harrison's election ticket, he became the 10th president of the US after Harrison's death in 1841. (Whig)	1
254790432	William Henry Harrison	Elected on the continued wave of "hard-cider" voters, he was elected the 9th president of the US in 1840, but died only a month into his term. (Whig, though largely a Democrat)	2
254790433	Tariff of 1842	A tariff signed reluctantly by John Tyler, not for protective reasons but because Tyler saw the need for more revenue.	3
254790434	The Caroline	A steamship that was attacked by British soldiers in New York while carrying supplies to Canadian insurrectionists. (1837)	4
254790435	The Creole	An American ship captured by escaped slaves who were harbored in a British island in the Caribbean, raising fears that the Caribbean would become a haven for escaped slaves.	5
254790436	Aroostook War	A small clash between Canadian and Maine lumberjacks, over the disputed northern Maine territory.	6
254790437	Webster-Ashburton treaty	Split the disputed Maine territory to half British and half American, patching over some conflicts between the two nations.	7
254790438	Oregon Country	An expanse of wilderness in the Pacific Northwest that was claimed by both the British and the US.	8
254790439	Oregon Fever	this sudden influx of American settlers into the Oregon Country gave the US an advantage in population over the British in the territory.	9
254790440	James Polk	The Democrat-nominated presidential candidate for the 1844 election, he was called "young hickory" by his opposition for his background in Tennessee and "Dark Horse" for being a relatively unknown candidate.	10
254790441	Manifest Destiny	The belief that God had given Americans the destiny to control the entire northwestern hemisphere in the 1840-50s	11
254790442	Henry Clay	The Whig candidate in the 1844 election who lost by a few thousand votes.	12
254790443	Walker Bill	A bill that reduced tariffs from about 32 percent to about 25 percent, raising our tries from the north, but actually ended up producing a lot of revenue for the US government.	13
254790444	Spot Resolution	Abraham Lincoln's proposition to know where exactly American bloom had been shed to precipitate the war with Mexico	14
254790445	California Bear Flag Republic	the short-lived republic founded by Americans invading California	15
254790446	General Zachary Taylor	the general in command of the war against Mexico, he was stationed in disputed territory to attempt to incite a violent response from the Mexicans.	16
254790447	Buena Vista	A battle where Zachary Taylor's force of 5,000 men repulsed Santa Anna's force of 20,000 men.	17
254790448	Nicholas P. Trist	American negotiator sent to Mexico who negotiated the purchase of California from Mexico	18
254790449	Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo	The purchase of California and the disputed territory of Texas from Mexico for $15 million and ending the war between the US and Mexico	19
254790450	Conscience Whigs	Whigs in Congress who opposed the war in Mexico	20
254790451	Winfield Scott	US general who lead the American forces to a victory in Mexico City.	21
254790452	Wilmot Proviso	a proposal that no territory taken from Mexico should become slave-holding territory. The Bill passed the house but not the senate.	22
254790453	David Wilmot	He proposed that no territory taken from Mexico should become slave-holding territory.	23