Presidents
Dark horse candidate in 1844; Young Hickory, fulfills every campaign promise.
James Polk
Mexican dictator
Santa Anna
Texas declared independence in 1836 triggering this battle where a small group of Americans battle 2000 Mexicans.
The Battle of the Alamo
Britain & America agree to settle the northern border of the US at this line.
49th Parallel
Proposed the Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
Said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
Lincoln
Governor of Texas
Sam Houston
Britain
Polk's Rallying Cry during his campaign regarding the northern border.
54' 40 or Fight!
First state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
President elected in 1840 that only serves 31 days in office.
William Henry Harrison
Lincoln's call to know the exact location of the Mexican attack on Americans in Texas.
Spot Resolution
Which city does Winfield Scott take in the Mexican American War?
Mexico City
People who move west to California to pan for gold.
49ers
A combination of different parties such as Whigs, Northern Democrats, Free Soilers, join to form this new political party.
Republicans
This former president runs again in 1848 as the head of the Free Soil Party.
Martin Van Buren
Specific place where the Gold Rush started.
Sutter's Mill
This treaty ends the Mex-Amer. War. Gives US - TX, CA (up to OR) & Rio Grande border. Mexico gets freedom of religion, open borders & bilingual elections.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Controversial part of the Compromise of 1850, makes sectionalism worse.
Fugitive Slave Act
This land purchase finalizes the southern border of the US in 1853.
Gadsen Purchase
Zachary Taylor
Northern Democrat that believed that popular sovereignty should be used to settle slavery issue.
Stephen Douglas
What were the two rivers that Mexico and America each claimed was the border between the two countries?
US - Rio Grande
Mexico - Nueces River
What prompted Stephen Douglas to propose the Kansas Nebraska Act?
He wanted the transcontinental railroad to be built through the North, it was to be a concession to the South.
What is the decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case, and what's the significance?
Slaves aren't citizens, they are property so they can't bring a case; invalidates Missouri Compromise