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Final Flashcards

1
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Americans believe they have a God given right to control land formation to ocean

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Manifest Destiny

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2
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Americans want to move to Texas; this man gains permission and dies and Mexico gains independence

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Moses Austin

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This man obtains permission for other Americans to move to Texas

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Stephen Austin

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4
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What are 3 restrictions for Americans moving to Texas?

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  1. Only 300 families can move
  2. Must convert to Catholic
  3. No slaves can be brought to Texas
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5
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Mexican General; upset with American behavior; leads Mexican army to San Antonio; murders Americans at the Alamo

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Santa Anna

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6
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2 Americans killed at the Alamo

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David Crockett and James Bowie

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Leads the Army of Texas; finds Mexican army napping; forces Santa Anna to surrender; Texas gains independence

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Sam Houston (Big Trunk)

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8
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Fort/Church in San Antonio

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Alamo

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9
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Mexicans napping; Sam Houston and texas army surround camp and force surrender; Texas becomes disputed territory

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Battle of San Jacinto

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10
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Sent to Mexico and sends word to Polk that American blood has been spilled on American soil

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Zachary Taylor

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11
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What happened at Goliad?

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Americans that surrendered were murdered

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12
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What is the original American border in Texas?

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Nueces River

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13
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Became President after William Henry Harrison died in office; finds a way for the US to annex Texas

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John Tyler

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14
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Only a simple majority vote is required to annex a territory; because of this Texas is annexed

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Joint Resolution of Congress

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15
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James K. Polk is elected as President; and promises to do three things?

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Election of 1844

  1. He will annex Texas
  2. Extend border of US & Canada to 49th parallel
  3. He wanted California (owned by Spain) for trade links to China
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16
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California becomes independent on its own in order to be annexed by the US

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Bear Revolution

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17
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Whig party doesn’t believe Polk and thinks war is about adding another slave state; Created by Abraham Lincoln must show the spot on a map where American blood was spilled

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Spot Resolution

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18
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Polk introduces a money bill to end war; Santa Anna gets $10 million to end this war and uses it against the US

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Mexican War

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19
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4 important firsts in Mexican War:

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  1. US successfully invade a foreign country
  2. Invaded a foreign capital
  3. 1st time men and supplies were delivered in an amphibious method
  4. Newspaper coverage
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20
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Attaches a “rider” to the money bill

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David Wilmot

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21
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Prohibits slavery on any land acquired from Mexico

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Wilmot Proviso

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22
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sent to Mexico to discuss peace terms; denied; then at last second Mexico decides to discuss peace terms with him

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Nicholas Trist

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23
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  1. Treaty signed by US and Mexico
  2. Ends the Mexican War
  3. Mexico agrees she has no claim to Texas
  4. Border between US and Mexico is Rio Grande River
  5. Mexico cedes the Mexican territory of California
  6. US pays $15 million to Mexico
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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24
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Voters decide if a territory/future state should be slave or free

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Popular Sovereignty

25
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Zachary Taylor nominated by Whigs party because he backs popular sovereignty; Democrats nominate Lewis Cass; Martin Van Buren nominated by Free Soil Party; Martin Van Buren wins

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Election of 1848

26
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1849 Gold is found in California

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27
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4 slave related issues to be settled for the nation:

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  1. California a free or slave state?
  2. The slave status for the remaining territories
  3. Abolitionists want to abolish slavery in D.C.
  4. Police aren’t obeying the constitution and returning runaway slaves
28
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Shield for not obeying the Constitution

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Liberty Laws

29
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  1. California enters the union as a free state
  2. Popular sovereignty used to decide future slave status of remaining territories
  3. The slave trade but not slavery was banned in D.C
  4. A stronger fugitive slave law is enacted
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Compromise of 1850

30
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Southern politician that defended slavery

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Jefferson Davis

31
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Hated slavery and criticized it and the South; The Crime Against Kansas

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Charles Sumner of Massachusetts

32
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Abolitionist; wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

33
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Democrats nominate Franklin Pierce; whigs nominate Winfield Scott; Pierce wins; whig party disappears

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Election of 1852

34
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  1. The US will once again try to buy Cuba and pay $100 million
  2. If Spain refuses, the nation will need to decide if Cuba is a threat to the US
  3. If it is a threat the US will be justified in “wrestling” it from Spain
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Ostend Manifesto

35
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James Gadsden negotiated the purchase of northeast land in order to build the 1st transcontinental railroad; US paid $10 million

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Gadsden Purchase

36
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Plan to split the Nebraska territory into two; Kansas and Nebraska would use popular sovereignty to decide slave status; the Missouri Compromise had to be repealed in order for this to happen

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Kansas-Nebraska Bill

37
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15,000 voters in Kansas, but only 6,000 votes were counted

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38
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Felt God had chosen him to destroy slavery

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John Brown

39
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Beat Charles Sumner with a cane

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Preston Brooks

40
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Only bachelor president

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James Buchanan

41
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  1. Ruled Scott was a slave and not a citizen and had no right to sue
  2. Slaves would never be citizens
  3. Slaves were considered property protected by the 5th amendment which states deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process
  4. Because of the Missouri Compromise deprived people of their property if they moved north of 36 30
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Dred Scott Decision

42
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former slave; He sued for freedom based on on the fact that he lived on free soil

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Dred Scott

43
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What are the causes of panic/depressions?

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Overspeculation & Overproduction

44
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Came from Canada; Planned to invade the South with armed slaves and set up a free black state; where did this happen?

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John Brown & Harper’s Ferry, Virginia

45
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Election that had 4 candidates; what election and who were they? Who won?

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Election of 1860
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Stephen Douglas
3. John C. Breckenridge
4. John C. Bell
Lincoln Won
46
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First state to secede from the Union

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South Carolina

47
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First president of the Confederacy

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Jefferson Davidson

48
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President of the Union; shot in the back of the head in a theatre

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Abraham Lincoln

49
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General; Army of Virginia

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Robert E. Lee

50
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Southern General; died from his own man

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Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

51
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Southern General

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Ulysses S. Grant

52
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Southern General in Georgia; “March to the Sea”

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William T. Sherman

53
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1 of 2 federal forts in the South; first shots of civil war were fired here

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Ft. Sumter, South Carolina

54
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Only major battle fought outside the South

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Battle of Gettysburg

55
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Slavery is abolished in those states rebelling against the Union

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Emancipation Proclamation

56
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Assassinated Abraham Lincoln

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John Wilkes Booth

57
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This ended slavery

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13th Amendment

58
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3 Non-military effects of the war:

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  1. A shift in political power from the states to the federal government
  2. A shift in the economy from farming to industry
  3. A shift in cultural influences from rural areas to urban areas
59
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Causes of the civil war:

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  1. States rights
  2. Fanaticism
  3. Economic conflicts & struggle for power
  4. Slavery

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