Manifest Destiny

Norma T.
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  1. manifest destiny
    a policy of imperialist expansion said to be inevitable
    Magazine and Democratic Review, declares that the United States has a "manifest destiny" to occupy the North American continent. i put in this new text.
  2. President Polk
    11th President of the United States
    May 13: President Polk tells Congress that Mexico has "invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil."
  3. Great Salt Lake
    a shallow body of salt water in northwestern Utah
    1847 July 24: The first Mormons reach the Great Salt Lake.
  4. Mexican War
    after disputes over Texas lands that were settled by Mexicans the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846 and by treaty in 1848 took Texas and California and Arizona and New Mexico and Nevada and Utah and part of Colorado and paid Mexico $15,000,000
    July 23: Henry David Thoreau, living in a cabin at Walden Pond, near Concord, Mass., was arrested for refusing to pay a $1 poll tax, his protest against slavery and the Mexican War.
  5. proviso
    a stipulated condition
    The proviso passes the house twice but is defeated in the Senate.
  6. emigrate
    leave one's country of residence for a new one
    Over 1 million people died and 2 million emigrated, 1.3 million to the United States.
  7. unite
    join or combine
    Magazine and Democratic Review, declares that the United States has a "manifest destiny" to occupy the North American continent.
  8. Great Lakes
    a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America
    June 15: The United States accepts the 49th parallel as the boundary between the United States and Canada west of the Great Lakes.
  9. Mormons
    church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
    1847 July 24: The first Mormons reach the Great Salt Lake.
  10. Rio Grande
    a North American river
    1846 January: President James K. Polk orders Gen. Zachary Taylor to march southward from Corpus Christi and occupy position near the Rio Grande River, 150 miles south of the Texas border as defined by the Spanish and Mexican authorities.
  11. Mexico City
    the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center; one of the world's largest cities
    September 13-14: Mexico City falls to a U.S. army under Gen. Winfield Scott.
  12. survivor
    one who lives through affliction
    In April 1847, 47 survivors of the original party of 82 finally reached California.
  13. appropriation
    a deliberate act of acquisition, often without permission
    David Wilmot submits an amendment to a military appropriations bill prohibiting slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico.
  14. disobedience
    the failure to follow rules or comply
    This incident that inspired him to write the essay Civil Disobedience, in which he argued in behalf of non-violent protest against unjust government policies.
  15. invade
    march aggressively into a territory by military force
    May 13: President Polk tells Congress that Mexico has "invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil."
  16. Mexico
    a republic in southern North America
    May 13: President Polk tells Congress that Mexico has "invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil."
Created on Thu Mar 08 15:00:39 EST 2012 (updated Thu Mar 08 15:10:09 EST 2012)

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