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History
Chp. 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiny | the idea that America was providentially ordained to possess the North American continent |
| Alamo | Santa Anna marched in & laid siege to this fortress; the Mexicans stormed the fort & killed all the defenders |
| Mormon Trail | blazed by the Mormons when they fled from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City |
| Dark Horse | nominee who had not been a serious candidate before the nominating convention & about whom little was usually known by the general public |
| Battle of Buena Vista | Taylor's army was outnumbered, Mexicans finally retreated to Mexico City |
| Bear Flag Republic | california, called this because flag had a bear on it |
| Marcus Whitman | married to Narcissa, missionary couple, success among the Nez Perce Indians |
| Sam Houston | told his tiny force holding the Alamo to destroy the fort and fall back, Jim Bowie & William Travis decided to hold their post and block the Mexican advance |
| Henry Clay | the real head of the Whig Party |
| Liberty Party | antislavery group objected to clay's shift |
| Stephen Kearny | appointed by Polk to lead a force of 1500 men down the Santa Fe Trail to capture Nex Mexico |
| Winfield Scott | assigned the task of an attack on Mexico City, called "Old Fuss and Feathers" because of his love for military pomp and discipline, not very popular with rank-and-file soldiers |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | added an additional 525,000 sq. miles to US territory, US paid Mexico 15 million and assumed all debts that Mexico owed to American citizens |
| Narcissa Whitman | married to Marcus Whitman, missionary to the Nez Perce Indians with another couple |
| Santa Fe Trail | more of a commercial route than a means of pioneer transportation, between Santa Fe in New Mexico and Indepenedence, Missouri |
| Webster-Ashburton | resolved several border issues b/t US and British-North American colonies. Clarified the border between Minnesota and Canada |
| Mexican War | Most violent phase of the Manifest Destiny |
| John C. Fremont | "the Pathfinder of the West", supported settlers who revolted from Mexico and est. the "Bear Flag Republic" |
| Vera Cruz | Mexican port where Scott's army captured the city in less than 3 weeks |
| Fur trade (trapping | attracted British citizens to Oregon |
| Why did Secretary of State Daniel Webster decide not to resign with the rest of Tyler's cabinet? | He had ongoing negotations with GB over the American-Canadian border |
| How was the Santa Fe Trail different from the Oregon and Mormon Trails? | It was more of a commercial route than a means of pioneer transportation |
| New Mexico Campaign | difficult march with no hard fighting, Stephen Kearny's first campaign |
| Taylor's campaign in Northern Mexico | Commanded by Zachary Taylor |
| Scott in Central Mexico | commanded by Winfield Scott, siege of Vera Cruz |
| California Campaign | Led in part by Fremont AKA "Pathfinder of the West", Bear Flag Republic |
| Battle of Buena Vista | Taylor's campaign in Northern Mexico |
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