Chapter 12 History Terms

the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

Church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, religious group that emphasized moderation, saving, hard work, and risk-taking; moved from IL to UT

Texas seceded from Mexico and declared independence in response to Mexican abolition of slavery. US adopts/annexes Texas because Southern states support Texas slavery. The North feared expansion of slavery and war with Mexico

11th President of the United States from Tennessee; committed to westward expansion; led the country during the Mexican War; U.S. annexed Texas and took over Oregon during his administration

fought over boundaries, and ended with the signing of Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

1848. Awarded as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo after the Mexican American War. U.S. paid $15 million for 525,000 square miles.

purchase of land from Mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-Mexico boundary

Movement of individuals into a population

Invented the cotton gin

leading a major slave revolt

They were ex-slaves were either freed by their owners or escaped. The were considered free, but were still held under many restrictions and racial laws and found limited work. They developed their own communities, cultures, found work and were able to develop economically.

Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole

The movement to make slavery and the slave trade illegal. Begun by Quakers in England in the 1780s.

(1811-1896) American author and daughter of Lyman Beecher, she was an abolitionist and author of the famous antislavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

a novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral