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- History of the United States of America [r]: The history of the United States of America from the colonial era to the present. [e]
Subtopics
- Mexican-American War [r]: (1846-1848) War between Mexico and the U.S. resulting in the U.S. annexation of Texas, California and New Mexico, and a training ground for young military officers from West Point who would face each other during the American Civil War. An estimated 25,000 Mexican and 15,000 American soldiers died, more often from disease than battlefield injuries. [e]
- Walker Tariff of 1846 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Manifest Destiny [r]: A nineteenth-century American phrase implying American social, geographic, and political expansion over the entire North American continent. [e]
- Compromise of 1850 [r]: In U.S. history a series of laws intending to resolve pro-slavery/anti-slavery issues but yielded only greater conflict leading, eventually, to the American Civil War. [e]
- Wilmot Proviso [r]: A proposal, advanced several times 1848-54 but never adopted, for the U.S. Congress to forbid the expansion of slavery into the Southwest. [e]
- Henry David Thoreau [r]: (1817-62) New England transcendentalist philosopher, naturalist, and writer; one of key inspirations for the modern conservation movement. [e]
- Martin Van Buren [r]: (1782-1862) Eighth U.S. President (from 1837 to 1841) and a close ally of President Andrew Jackson. [e]
- Lewis Cass [r]: (1782-1866) U.S. politician from the state of Michigan. [e]
- James Buchanan [r]: Only U.S. President (15th), 1857-1861, that never married. Democratic Senator and Secretary of State under President James K. Polk. [e]
- Texas (U.S. state) [r]: 28th state (1845) of the USA. [e]
- John Knox [r]: Scottish clergyman (1514-1572), leader of the Scottish Reformation and founder of Scottish Presbyterianism. [e]
- Alexander Henderson [r]: (c. 1583 – 1646) Scottish theologian, mainly responsible for the final form of the National Covenant. [e]