Chapter 16-22 Flashcards
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David walker
- black abolitionist
- called for immediate emancipation of slaves
Nat Tourner
- led the passage of new laws
- primarily know for TURNERS REBELLION
- virginia slave revolt which ended with the death of 60 whites, made whites more fearful
Soujourner Truth
- American abolitionist and feminist
-born into slavery - escaped in 1827
- became leading preacher against slavery and for women’s rights
Theodore dwight weld
a prominent abolitionist in the 1830’s. inspired uncle tom’s cabin. wrote ‘American slavery as it is’. weld put together a group called the “land rebels.”
Winfield Scott
-Old Fuss and Feathers,
-marched on Mexico City in 1847,
-considered to be the ablest general of his generation
John Tyler
- Took office after the death of William Henry Harrison in 1841.
-He was a Democrat but was swayed by his adoptive Whig Party.
-He signed a law to end the independent treasury but he vetoed attempts to create a Fiscal Bank.
Robert Gray
American sea captain who is credited with being the first documented European to navigate the Columbia River,
Lane rebels
in 1832 theodore dwight weld went to the lane theological seminary in cincinnati, ohio. the seminary was presided over by lyman beecher. weld and some of his comrades were kicked out for their actions of anti-slavery. the young men were known as the “lane rebels.” they helped lead and continue the preaching of anti-slavery ideas.
Lord Ashburton
-Non-professional diplomat - sent to Washington to negotiate with Daniel Webster a treaty to get a road for Britain.
-“Ash-Burton Webster treaty”
Federick Douglass
Influencial writer. one of the most prominent african american figures in the abolitionist movement. escaped from slavery in maryland. he was a great thinker and speaker. published his own antislavery newspaper called the north star and wrote an autobiography that was published in 1845.
Stephen Kearny
-American general who in 1846 led troops from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe, which he easily won
Zachary Taylor
- General that was a military leader in Mexican-American War
- 12th president of the United States.
-Sent by president Polk to lead the American Army against Mexico at Rio Grande, but defeated.
Aroostock War
- The result of the conflict over The Caroline ship, which consisted of angry Americans and Canadians, mostly lumberjacks, began moving into the disputed Aroostook River region, causing a violent brawl.
Spot Resolution
Congressman Abraham Lincoln supported a proposition to find the exact spot where American troops were fired upon, suspecting that they had illegally crossed into Mexican territory.
John Slidell
Sent by Polk to Mexico to negotiate Texas independence and purchase of California and New Mexico - was ignored by Mexican Government
Manifest Destiny
a phrase that represents the belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand westward across North America, and that this belief was both obvious and certain.
Nicholas P. Trist
Chief clerk in the State Department, was sent to negotiate a peace treaty with a defeated Mexico in 1847. Before he could open negotiations he was summoned to return, but he ignored the order and stayed to negotiate the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
John C Fremont
an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in opposition to slavery.
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
settled the dispute over the location of the Maine-New Brunswick border between the United States and Canada as well as the location of the border in the westward frontier up to the Rocky Mountains -called for a final end to the slave trade on the high seas, to be enforced by both signatories
The Tariff of 1842
The bill restored protection and raised average tariff rates to almost 40%
Bear Flag Revolt
A revolt of American settlers in California against Mexican rule. It ignited the Mexican War and ultimately made California a state.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- 1848
- officially ended the Mexican-American War,
- gave present-day California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, in exchange for a
- $15 million payment from the U.S.
Stephen Douglas
- designed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
- illinois
- Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858.
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was elected president in the 1852 election as the second Democratic “dark horse.” He was a pro-southern northerner who supported the Compromise of 1850 and especially the Fugitive Slave Law. He also tried to gain Cuba for the South as a slave state, but was stopped because of Northern public opinion after the incident in Ostend, Belgium. He also supported the dangerous Kansas-Nebraska Act pushed for by Senator Douglas. He was succeeded in 1856 by James Buchanan.
