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History Final
American history I
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Undergraduate 1
12/13/2011

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Term
hostility or fear of foreigners and outsiders
Definition
nativism
Term
Key and final major battle of Texan revolution
Definition
Battle of San Jacinto
Term
What battle essentially gives Texas its freedom from Mexico
Definition
Battle of San Jacinto
Term
Whose death opens the door for John Tyler
Definition
William Henry Harrison
Term
Who is against annexing Texas
Definition
William Henry Harrison
Term
What does John Tyler push for but not complete during his presidency
Definition
annexation of Texas
Term
Who starts the Mexican war
Definition
James Polk
Term
Why is the Mexican war started
Definition
So US can get Texas
Term
How does the Mexican war end
Definition
American victory
Term
What does the US gain from the Mexican war
Definition
pretty much all of the southwest
Term
Who were the 2 main American generals in the war
Definition
Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott
Term
were made heroes because of their victories and became major political figures
Definition
Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott
Term
What treaty ended the Mexican war
Definition
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Term
What did the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo do
Definition
ended the mexican war and caused Mexico to cede much of its land to the US
Term
What starts a slave controversy
Definition
Wilmot Proviso
Term
What is the Wilmot Proviso
Definition
northern proposal amendment that says no land received the Mexican war should allow slavery
Term
What settled the slavery conflict caused by the Wilmot Proviso
Definition
Compromise of 1850
Term
Compromise of 1850
Definition

Texas is a slave state, California is free

concept of popular sovereignty

Term
popular sovereignty
Definition
the people themselves vote
Term
What causes "Bleeding Kansas"
Definition
All the fighting over whether Kansas will go free or become a slave state
Term
Lecompton Contitution
Definition
proslavery constitution created through a fraudulent, rigged process
Term
Does Kansas end up free or slave
Definition
Free
Term
Harper's Ferry
Definition
Where John Brown takes over the armory to shut down slavery
Term
Fate of John Brown
Definition
arrested and killed
Term

What did the North think of John Brown?

South?

Definition
Hero; Lucifer
Term
What was the 1st sectional party
Definition
a republican party first set ip and wholly consisting in one part of the country
Term
What was Abraham Lincoln's political party
Definition
republican
Term
How was Lincoln elected
Definition
with northern votes
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what event triggers the first main wave of succession
Definition
lincoln's election
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