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Chapter:17 vocab.
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Tariff of 1842 | a protective tariff reluctantly signed by Tyler, the tariff was suppose to push the down the rates about the moderately protective level of 1832. Included 32% dutiable taxes. it help the country escape depression. |
Caroline | An American steamer carrying supplies to the insurgents across the Niagra River. Was attacked in New York by a determine British force, and set the vessel on fire. only one American was killed. |
Creole | an American ship captured by 130 rebelling slaves in 1841. |
Aroostook War | a series of clashes between Canadian and American lumberjacks for undisputed land in Northern Maine, resolved when a permanent boundary was agreed upon in 1842. |
Manifest Destiny | belief that the United states was destined by God to spread its "empire of liberty" across North America. served as a justification for mid-nineteenth century expansionism. |
"Fifty-four forty or fight" | Slogan adopted by the mid- nineteenth- century expansionists who advocated the occupation of Oregon territory, jointly held by Britain and the United States. though {resident Polk had pledged to seize all of Oregon, to 54 degree 40 degree, he setled on th |
Liberty party | Antislavery party that ran candidates in 1840 and 1844 elections before |
Walker Tariff | Revenue-enhancing measure that lowered tariffs from 1842 levels thereby fueling trade & increasing Treasury receipts. |
spot resolutions | Measures introduced by Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln, questioning Pres. James K. Polk's justification for war w/ Mexico. Lincoln requested that Polk clarify precisely where Mexican forces had attacked American troops. |
California Bear Flag Republic | Short-lived California republic, established by local American settlers who revolted against Mexico. Once news of the war w/ Mexico reached the Americans, they abandoned the Republic in favor of joining the US. |
Battle of Buena Vista | Key American victory against Mexican forces in the Mexican-American War. Elevated General Zachary Taylor to national prominence & helped secure his success in the 1848 presidential election. |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Ended the war w/ Mexico. Mexico agreed to cede territory reaching the northwest from Texas to Oregon in exchange for $18.25 million in cash and assumed debts. |
Conscience Whigs | Northern Whigs who opposed slavery on moral grounds. Conscience Whigs sought to prevent the annexation of Texas as a slave state, fearing that the new slave territory would only serve to buttress the southern "slave power" |
Wilmot Proviso | Amendment that sought to prohibit slavery from territories acquired from Mexico. Introduced by Penn. congressman David Wilmot, the failed amendment ratcheted up tensions between North & South over the issue of slavery. |