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AP World Chap 31/32

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Manifest Destiny The belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
Louisiana Purchase A treaty signed with France in 1803 by which the U.S. purchased for $15,000,000 the land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
Trail of Tears Forced relocation of the Cherokee from the eastern woodlands of Oklahoma (1837-1838); it was symbolic of the U.S. expansion and destruction of indigenous Indian societies.
Little Big Horn A river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.
Wounded Knee A village in SW South Dakota: site of a massacre of about 300 Oglala Sioux Indians on Dec. 29, 1890.
Mexican-American War Caused by tensions between the U.S. and Mexico on the U.S. westward expansion. Resulted in victory of the U.S.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The treaty signed by the U.S. and Mexico ending the Mex-Amer war, and allowing the U.S. to take possession approximately half of Mexico's territory.
Emancipation Proclamation The proclamation issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union.
Caudillos Latin American term for nineteenth-century local military leaders.
La Reforma Political reform movement of Mexican president Benito Juarez (1806-1872) that called for limiting the power of the military and the Catholic church in Mexican society.
Mexican Revolution A revolution for agrarian reforms led in northern Mexico by Pancho Villa and in southern Mexico by Emiliano Zapata (1910-1911)
California Gold Rush The large number of immigrants migration to the western area of the U.S.-particularly California- in order to work in the gold mines.
The National Policy Nineteenth-century Canadian policy designed to attract migrants, protect industries through tariffs, and build national transportation systems.
Reconstruction System inplemented in the American South (1867-1877) that was designed to bring the Confederate states back into the union and also extend civil rights to freed slaves.
Seneca Falls Convention
Metis Canadian term for individuals of mixed European and indigenous ancestry.
Northwest Rebellion
Gauchos Argentine cowboys, highly romanticized figures.
Machismo Latin American social ethic that honored male strength, courage, aggressiveness, assertiveness, and cunning.
John A. Macdonald The first Prime Minister of Canada. Purchases land in order to build the first trans-Canadian railroad.
Simon Bolivar Worked for the establishment of a large confederation to resist encroachment by foreign powers. Made Gran Colombia.
John Manuel de Rosas Most notable Caudillos, ruled Argentina. Douche. "the Machiavelli of the pampas"
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana With Mexican douches. After Mex-amer war, attempts to have a liberal reform. La Reforma.
Benito Juarez President for the rebels in La Reforma.
Porfirio Diaz Dictator that was overthrow in the Mexican Revolution.
Emiliano Zapata and Francisco Villa Rebels who organized massice armies fighting for tierro y libertad, led Mexican Revolution.
Walt Whitman Poet that said "not just a natoin, but a teeming nation of nations"
Louis Reil Reler of the Metis
Deomingo Faustimo Sarmiento Dispised the rule of caudillos, wanted to westernize Argentina.
Jose Hernandez Poet who wrote about the gauchos in a romanticized way.
Adela Zamudio Bolivian poet for women rights.
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