American Pageant Chapter 17 Flashcards

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

8062003872	John Tyler	One-term president after William Henry Harrison; saw the annexation of Texas	0
8062003873	Manifest Destiny	Belief that the US was chosen by God to expand from coast to coast	1
8062003874	Caroline Incident	Britain set fire and sank a US ship in the Niagara River, almost led to war with Britain	2
8062003875	James K. Polk	11th president; oversaw the purchase of California, Oregon dispute, lowered tariffs, and established an independent treasury	3
8062003876	Creole Incident	130 slaves took control of a ship, Britain offered asylum in the Bahamas; increased tensions between the US and Britain	4
8062003877	Zachary Taylor	General during the Mexican-American War, becomes the 12th president	5
8062003878	Lame-duck President	Time after a new president is elected, but has not been inaugurated yet. (Today it would be from Nov. - Jan. 20)	6
8062003879	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo	Ended the Mexican-American War, established the Mexico-Texas boundary at the Rio Grande	7
8062003880	Oregon Trail	2,000 mile journey from Independence, MO to Oregon in which 1,000s of people died along the way	8
8062003881	Wilmot Proviso	Belief that slavery should not exist in ANY of the territories gained from the Mexican-American War	9
8062003882	Transcendalism	the belief that all things in nature are tied to God and therefore all things are divine. Made popular in the 1800s. Emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imaginaton; Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.	10
8062003883	American Scholar	written by Emerson, written as a speech, man must think for himself, study past greats but don't copy their ideas, understand nature, interact with the world	11
8062003884	Mormons	Church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, religious group that emphasized moderation, saving, hard work, and risk-taking; moved from IL to UT	12
8062003885	Shakers	1840s; one of the first religious communal movements; kept men and women separate; failed due to lack of recruits.	13
8062003886	"Fifty-four forty or fight"	slogan used in the 1844 presidential election as a call for us annexation of the oregon territory	14
8062003887	Liberty Party	A former political party in the United States; formed in 1839 to oppose the practice of slavery; merged with the Free Soil Party in 1848.	15
8062003888	Aroostook War	Series of clashes between American and Canadian lumberjacks in the disputed territory of northern Maine, resolved when a permanent boundary was agreed upon in 1842.	16
8062003889	Walker Tariff	1846 - Sponsored by Polk's Secretary of Treasury, Robert J. Walker, it lowered the tariff. It introduced the warehouse system of storing goods until duty is paid.	17
8062003890	spot resolutions	Measures introduced by Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln, questioning President James K. Polk's justification for war with Mexico. Lincoln requested that Polk clarify precisely where Mexican forces had attacked American troops.	18
8062003891	California Bear Flag Republic	Short-lived west Coast republic proclaimed by American rebels against Mexican rule just before the arrival of U.S. troops in the province.	19
8062003892	Battle of Buena Vista	Key American victory against Mexican forces in the Mexican-American War. Elevated General Zachary Taylor to national prominence and helped secure his success in the 1848 presidential election.	20
8062003893	Conscience Whigs	Anti-slavery whigs who opposed both the Texas annexation and the Mexican War on moral grounds.	21