Chapter 17 - Manifest Destiny and its Legacy

Theme: American expansionism gained momentum in the 1840s, leading first to the acquisition of Texas and Oregon, and then to the Mexican War, which added vast southwestern territories to the United States and ignited the slavery question.

I. President John Tyler

A. British disputes

1. Maine

2. Texas

II. Election of 1844

A. Manifest Destiny

B. Immigration

III. War with Mexico

IV. California - Gold

V. Slavery controversy

A. Wilmot Proviso

B. Kansas-Nebraska Act

Vocabulary

1. John Tyler 14. Caroline

2. John Slidell 15. Treaty of Guadalupe -Hidalgo

3. Winfield Scott 16. Liberty Party

4. Lord Ashburton 17. Aroosook War

5. Zachary Taylor 18. Wilmot Proviso

6. Nicholas P. Trist 19. Creole

7. Stephen W. Kearny

8. David Wilmot

9. John. C. Fremont

10. Webster-Ashburton Treaty

11. “spot” resolution

12. Tariff of 1842

13. Bear Flag Revolt