Chapter 17

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American Pageant Chapter 17
1. John Tyler
John Tyler, Jr. (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth President of the
United States (1841–1845) and the first to succeed to the office following the death of a
predecessor.
2. Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army general,
and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig party in 1852. Known as "Old Fuss
and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army", he served on active duty as a
general longer than any other man in American history and many historians rate him the
ablest American commander of his time. Over the course of his fifty-year career, he
commanded forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Black Hawk
War, the Second Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War, conceiving the
Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan that would be used to defeat the
Confederacy. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army for twenty
years, longer than any other holder of the office.
3. Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military leader
and the 12th President of the United States.
4. James K. Polk
James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the
United States (1845–1849). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, but
mostly lived in and represented the state of Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as
Speaker of the House (1835–1839) and Governor of Tennessee (1839–1841) before
becoming president.
5. John C. Fremont
John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890), was an American military
officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of
the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a
platform in opposition to slavery. During the 1840s, that era's penny press accorded
Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder, which remains in use, sometimes as "The Great
Pathfinder".
6. Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny is a term that was used in the 19th century to designate the belief
that the United States was destined, even divinely ordained,[1] to expand across the
North American continent, from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean. Sometimes
Manifest Destiny was interpreted so broadly as to include the eventual absorption of all
North America: Canada, Mexico, Cuba and Central America. Advocates of Manifest
Destiny believed that expansion was not only ethical but that it was readily apparent
("manifest") and inexorable ("destiny"). Although initially used as a catch phrase to
inspire the United States' expansion across the North American continent, the 19th
century phrase eventually became a standard historical term.
7. Bear Flag Revolt
The California Republic, also called the Bear Flag Republic, was a government
proclaimed by settlers on June 14, 1846, in Sonoma in the then-Mexican province of
California. Declared during the Mexican-American War, the republic lasted a mere 26
days.
8. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo in Spanish) is the
peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States[1][2] to the interim government of a
militarily occupied Mexico, that ended the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). From
the standpoint of the United States, the treaty provided for the Mexican Cession, in which
Mexico ceded 1.36 million km² (525,000 square miles; 55%[3] of its pre-war territory,
not including Texas) to the United States in exchange for US$15 million (equivalent to
$313 million in 2006 dollars). From the standpoint of Mexico, the treaty included Texas
as Mexico had never recognized Texan independence nor its annexation by the U.S.
9. Wilmont Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso, one of the major events leading to the Civil War, would have
banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the
future, including the area later known as the Mexican Cession, but which some
proponents construed to also include the disputed lands in south Texas and New Mexico
east of the Rio Grande.
10. Oregon fever
A migratory trend that began in the 1830s and was in full swing a decade later. It
went to the Pacific territories of California and Oregon. The Oregon Fever was fueled in
part by the depression of 1837, which caused the closing of many banks throughout the
country. Oregon Fever was also stimulated by the optimistic reports of rich farmland and
mild climate.
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