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7th Grade
04/20/2011

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James Slidell
Definition
sent to Mexico to try to ease tensions between the United States and Mexico
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1846
Definition
Year the war with Mexico was fought
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Winifred Scott
Definition
commander of the US Army. Sailed to Veracruz with his forces.
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
the idea that the united States was meant to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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cession
Definition
the transfer of land from one country to another
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Treaty of Hidalgo
Definition
ended the War with Mexico and included the Mexican Cession
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General Zachary Taylor
Definition
ordered to place troops along the Nueces River line
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General Mariano Arista
Definition
commander of the Mexican troops when US and Mexico fought for the first time
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Stephen Douglas
Definition
took charge of the Compromise of 1850
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California
Definition
admitted as a State because of the Compromise of 1850
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Fillmore
Definition
became president when Zachary Taylor died
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Texas government
Definition
determined to gain control of New Me
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Governor George Wood
Definition
determined to secure Texas' western border at the Rio Grande.
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abolitionist
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a person who wanted to end slavery
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Senator Clay
Definition
proposed the main points of the Compromise of 1850.
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Fugitive Slave Law
Definition
required American citizens to help police officers capture enslaved people who had run away from their owners
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Hanson
Definition
chosen as one of Texas' first US Senators
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James P Henderson
Definition
first governor of Texas
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lieutenant governor
Definition
second highest ranking official in Texas Government
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Gadsen Purchase
Definition
acquired by US in order to build a transcontinental railroad
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Mexican Cession
Definition
the agreement in which Mexico agreed to surrender all land west of Texas.
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Thomas J Rusk
Definition
one of Texas' first US senators
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