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US History chapter 9&10 people
descriptions of the people in chapter 9 and 10
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History
11th Grade
03/21/2010

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John Louis O'Sullivan
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coined "Manifest Destiny"
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Jethro Wood
Definition
patented iron bladed plow
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John Deere
Definition
patented steel bladed plow
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Cyrus McCormick
Definition
patented mechanical reaper
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John Sutter
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built Sutter's fort
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Kit Carson

Jim Bridger

Definition
mountain men
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Brigham Young
Definition
Morman Church's new leader in Salt Lake
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Tejanos
Definition
spanish speaking people in Texas
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Stephen Austin
Definition
founded Washington-on-the-Brazos
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Haden Edwards
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well known empresario
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Santa Anna
Definition

President of Mexico and army.

handed over Texas in exchange for own life

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Sam Houston
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leader of Texan army
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William B. Travis
Definition
leader at the Alamo
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James W. Fannin
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leader of the army that was all executed by Santa Anna
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President Andrew Jackson
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president who did not support annexation of Texas
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President John Tyler
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president that supported annexation of Texas
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Henry Clay
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"Great Compromiser"

wrote Compromise of 1850

Whig nominee for 1844

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James K. Polk
Definition

Democrat nominee of 1844. won

did not think slavery in the Southwest made sense, climate not good

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John Slidell
Definition
envoy sent to Mexico city to offer to buy Texas
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Jose Joaquin Herrera
Definition

President of Mexico

refused to meet with Slidell

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Zachary Taylor
Definition

General that crossed Nueces River

1848 Whig Candidate. won

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David Wilmot
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wrote Wilmot Proviso- said no slavery in lands gained from Mexico
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John C. Calhoun
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wrote resolutions to counter Wilmot Proviso. did not even go to vote
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Lewis Cass
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came up with popular sovereignty
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Daniel Webster
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supported Clay's compromise of 1850, helped save it by breaking it into parts
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Millard Fillmore
Definition

vice president that became president after Taylor died.

supported Compromise of 1850

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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Harriet Tubman
Definition
"Moses" of the Underground Railroad
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Levi Coffin
Definition
helped over 1300 slaves to freedom by letting them stay at his house
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James Gadsden
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sent to buy land from Mexico (___ Purchase)
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Stephen Douglas
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wrote Kansas- Nebraska Act
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Charles Sumner
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gave anti slavery speech to Senate
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Andrew P. Butler
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singled out by Sumner in his speech
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Preston Brooks
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Butler's Relative, hit Sumner with his cane
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John C. Fremont
Definition

1856 Republican nominee

"The Pathfinder"

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James Buchanan
Definition

1856 Democrat nominee

won

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Dred Scott
Definition
sued for his freedom, lost
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Roger B. Taney
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Cheif Justice that made Dred Scott decision
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Abraham Lincoln
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had debates with Douglass- resulted in Freeport Doctrine
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John Brown
Definition
planned rebellion against slaveholders
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John C. Breckinridge
Definition

Southern Democrat

supported Dred Scott decision

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John Bell
Definition
first candidate of Constitutional Union Party
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John J. Crittenden
Definition

proposed Crittenden's Compromise

did not pass

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Jefferson Davis
Definition
first president of Confederacy
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Robert Anderson
Definition

tried to defend Fort Sumpter

had to surrender

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Claiborne F. Jackson
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led pro-secession forces in Missouri
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