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A. Jessup
American History Unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nativism | hostility towards foreigners |
| abolition | slaves should be freed immediately |
| Manifest destiny | God had given the entire continent to Americans and wanted them to settle west (from ocean to ocean). |
| John L O'Sullivan | coined the term "Manifest Destiny" in relationship to the Annexation of Texas (and California), during the Mexican-American War |
| secularize | transfer from religious to civil control |
| annexation | becoming part of the US |
| cede | give up land |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | -500,000 square miles gave up to the US -paid $15 million to Mexico -took on $3.25 million debt -Rio Grande is southern border |
| The Alamo | 180 Texan rebels held off Santa Anna's troops and killed 600 before being overturned "The Turning Point" |
| "Fifty-four forty or fight" | -US should control all of Oregon, below line of 54" 40" -Rally cry of President Polk |
| envoy | representative |
| resolution | agreement |
| Antebellum Period | Period right before the Civil War |
| Sectionalism | -when one region is loyal to the interests of their region alone -North based upon industry -South based on agriculture, farming, and the use of slave labor |