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APUSH 13
Chapter 13 The Enduring Vision IDs
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11th Grade
01/07/2010

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Squatter Sovereignty
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Docterine under which the status of slavery in the territories was to be determined by the settlers themselves. Related to popular sovereignty.
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Nativism
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An anti-foreign feeling that arose in the 1840's and 1850's in response to the influx of Irish and German Catholics.
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The Great Famine
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A period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland. Ireland's population dropped about 25% and approximately one million died and one million emigrated to America.
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The Overland Trail
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Pioneer trail beginning at several jumping off points along the Missouri river.
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California Gold Rush
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News of the discovery spread resulting in some 300,000 men, women, and children moving to California. Developed California settlement.
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Mission System
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A series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics to spread the Christian faith among local Native Americans.
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Bible Riots
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A series of riots resulting from the rising of anti Catholic sentiment at the growing population of Irish immigrants. Rumors went around that the Catholics were trying to remove the Bible from public schools.
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Wilmot Proviso
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Provided that the ceded territory from the Mexican American War would be barred from slavery.
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
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1842 - Established Maine's northern border and the boundaries of the Great Lake states.
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Treaty of Guadelupe Hildago
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This treaty required Mexico to cede the American Southwest, including New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California, to the U.S. U.S. gave Mexico $15 million in exchange, so that it would not look like conquest.
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Zachary Taylor
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Commander of the Army of Occupation on the Texas border. Built a fort on the Rio Grande River. Mexican army tried to capture fort leading the the Mexican War. His vicories made him a national hero, helping him become president.
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James K. Polk
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President known for promoting Manifest Destiny."Young Hickory." Secured Oregon territory. Successfully led the Mexican-American War.
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Alamo
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A Spanish mission converted into a fort, it was besieged by Mexican troops in 1836. The Texas garrison held out for thirteen days, but in the final battle, all of the Texans were killed by the larger Mexican force.
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Stephen Austin (1793-1836)
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In 1822, Austin founded the first settlement of Americans in Texas. In 1833 he was sent by the colonists to negotiate with the Mexican government for Texan indedendence and was imprisoned in Mexico until 1835, when he returned to Texas and became the commander of the settlers' army in the Texas Revolution.
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Manifest Destiny
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Phrase commonly used in the 1840's and 1850's. It expressed the inevitableness of continued expansion of the U.S. to the Pacific.
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