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Chapter #17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy Big Picture Themes 1.

. A boundary dispute with England over Maine was settled peacably. In the long run, the U.S. likely got the better end of the deal. 2. Texas finally joined the U.S. Since the Texas revolution, itd been hanging in the balance. American lawmakers finally decided it was too good of a prize to let slip by, so it was annexed in 1845 3. Oregon was next on the list of lands to seal up. It was shared land, mainly between the U.S. and England. After some negotiating over the border, the 49th parallel was agreed upon. Again, the U.S. likely got the better. 4. The election of 1844 saw James K. Polk run on a Manifest Destiny platform. Americans liked the idea, voted him in, and he went after California. 5. When the Mexican-American war was over, the prize of California that Polk had wanted, was obtained. So was all of the modern American Southwest.

IDENTIFICATIONS: John Tyler John Tyler was an after-thought Vice President to William Henry Harrison in the election of 1840. Slidells Mission American and Mexico were on unfriendly terms with each other. The disagreement came over boundaries along Texas and in California. John Slidell was sent to Mexico in 1845 as a minister John C. Fremont John C. Fremont was captain and an explorer who was in California with several dozen well-armed men when the Mexican War broke out.

Manifest Destiny The Manifest Destiny was an emotional upsurge of certain beliefs in the US in the 1840's and 1850's. Citizens of the US believed they should spread their democratic government over the entire North America and possibly extend into South America.

James K. Polk Polk was the surprise candidate for president in 1844, defeating Henry Clay of the rival Whig Party by promising to annex Texas.

Spot Resolution The Spot Resolution was proposed by Abraham Lincoln in the spring of 1846. After news from President James K. Polk that 16 American service men had been killed or wounded on the Mexican border in American territory, Abraham Lincoln, then a congressman from Illinois, proposed these resolutions to find out exactly on what spot the American soldier's blood had been shed. The Tariff of 1842 The Tariff of 1842 was used to create more money for the government. It was reluctantly passed by President Tyler. The tariff was made to get the government out of a recession.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexico sold the United States all of the southwest for 15 million dollars in agreement that the rights and religion of the Mexican inhabitants of this land would be recognized by the United States government. Wilmot Proviso A representative named David Wilmot introduced an amendment stating that any territory acquired from Mexico would be free.

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