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| was an American colonizer and pioneer from Virginia who worked on the independence of Texas. His father, Moses Austin, secured a land grant from Spain, and Stephen later renewed this grant with the independent Mexico. Austin succeeded in bringing over 20,000 Americans to Texas, by 1830. He requested self-government for the territory, and was subsequently thrown into a Mexican prison. In 1835 he returned, and took the command of a Texan army ready to fight for independence. He soon resigned. After Texas became a republic in 1836, Austin worked for its US annexation |
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| Dictator of Mexico who led the attack on the Alamo in 1836. He was later defeated by Sam Houston at San Jacinto. |
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| sent Zachary Taylor down to the Rio Grande River to establish a safe border |
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| *When:1856 *What:Slave who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom.Dred Scott v.Sandford. |
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| Abraham Lincoln was defeated by Stephen Douglass in the Senate election of 1858, BUT won the Presidential election of 1860 |
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| moderate secessionist. unsuccessfuly president of south. although a able administrator and dominating political figure, he rarely provided genuine leadership. Spent to much time on routine items. |
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| Confederate general. Surrendered in Virginia. |
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| white supremacist, looked down on blacks |
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| Democratic governor of NY, ran against Rutherford Hayes in election of 1876 |
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| Officers under Grant who carried out scorched earth tactic. |
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| Mexicans and Texans were in conflict over issues such as slavery and immigration. In 1836 the Texans declared their independence from Mexico and made him their commander in chief. Santa Anna, the dictator of Mexico, resented this American decree and charged into Texas with Mexican forces. Houston and his troops initially retreated, but eventually they defeated the Mexican army and captured Santa Anna. |
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| A coalition of the Free Soil Party, the Know-Nothing Party and renegade Whigs merged in 1854 to form the Republican Party, a liberal, anti-slavery party. The party's Presidential candidate, captured one-third of the popular vote in the 1856 election. |
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| was part of the whig party. |
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| (1859) – Abolitionist John Brown led a small band of followers to capture the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His hope was that the slaves would rise in rebellion and free themselves. The raid went wrong and Brown was captured, put on trial, and executed. |
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| Speaker of "The Gettysberg Address" |
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| Union general in Civil War. Became President. Scandals: surpluses stolen, Sec. of War accepting bribes, Grant accepting bribes. |
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| won election of 1876 after Compromise of '77. -ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South -trid to reestablish honest government and tried to fight against efforts to restrict Chinese immigration. -A Gilded Age president |
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| Johnson's Secretary of State, organized purchase of Alaska |
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| Confederate general in the Civil War -Hard to beat and didn't retreat -> sucessful general |
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| scandal during Grant's term |
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| The congressional settling of the 1876 election which installed Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in the White House and gave Democrats control of all state gov.ts in the South. Official end of Reconstruction. |
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| New York City Draft Riots |
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| 1863 *What:Series of violent disturbances that were the culmination of discontent w/the new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight in Civil War.Targets->draft offices,police and mostly blacks. *Significance: |
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