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Brinkley APUSH ch.13

Ch. 13 us history Identifications

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John L. O' Sullivan influential Democratic editor, coined term manifest destiny in his writings in 1845
Penny Press inexpensive newspapers aimed at large audience
Antonio de Santa Anna general in Mexico who became dictator and imposed new more conservative autocratic government. strengthened the national power at the expense of the state governments. was imprisoned for encouraging revolts in Texas.
San Jacinto April 23, 1836, battle of San Jacinto led by General Sam Houston were he defeated the Mexican army and took Santa Anna prisoner
Oregon Trail Major route west 2,000 miles long from Independence into Oregon.
re-occupation and re-annexation An idea supported by Polk and got him elected. Re-occupy Oregon and re-annex Texas.
Fifty-Forty or fight Wanted to set the US Canada boarder here. Polk originally proposed 49 parallel, Brits declined it and then later agreed to it.
John C. Fremont leader of a well armed exploring party that was involved in the conflict in Cali in the so called Bear Flag Revolution.
Zachary Taylor General sent by Polk to Texas to protect it from Mexican later 12th pres.
Stephen W. Kearny Colonel who captured Santa Fe with no opposition
General Winfield Scott commndying general of the army and its finest soldier. Never lost a battle and ultimately took the Mexican capital with few American casualties by advancing down 260 miles along the Mexican NAtional Highway.
Nicolas Trist Sent by Polk to negotiate settlement withe the MExans, Feb. 2, 1848 trety of Guadalupe Hidalgo when US gained CA and NM with boarder the Rio Grande
Lewis Cass Democratic nominee lost to Zachary Taylor
Free-Soil party formed becacuse opponents of slavery found the nominees unsatisfactory and created their own party in response.
Forty-niners Minders of the CA gold rush.
William H. Seward was more for the complete elimination of slavery. A spokesma of the younger generation of politicians who opposed the proposed compromise.
Millard Fillmore succeeded Zachary Taylor in 1850 and supported the compromise. used influence to get other Whigs behind him.
Omnibus Bill Douglas tried to break it up, it was Clay's compromise that would supposedly solve the sectional crisis
Franklin Pierce Became pres. tried to maintain harmony by just avoiding the issue of slavery.
Ostend Manifesto Pierce had been communicating with Spain to try and buy Cuba from them. He then received a message from some of his envoys in Ostend Belgium who tried to convince him to take it by force. This letter of course leaked to public and gained this name
Gadsden Purchase 1835 sec. of War sent James Gadsden to buy strip of land in s. from Mexicans.
Pottawatomie MAssacre John Brown and sons came to town in Kansas and killed 5 pro-slavery settlers in one night in 1855.
The crime against Kansas Charles Sumner speech in 1856
Preston Brooks took offense at speech and attacked Sumner
Slave power Conspiracy What N. defined as the S. being engaged in conspiracy to extend slavery throughout the nation and thus to destroy the openness of noerthern capitalism.
Positive good thesis What Calhoun stated in 1837 that said southerners should stop apologizing for slavery as a necessary evil and defend the cause.
John C. Breckenridge 1860 Democrats met in Richmond and nominated him as their presidential candidate.
John Bell 1860 conservative ex-Whigs met in Baltimore and nominated him as their presidential candidate.
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