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37 Cards in this Set
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Rio Grande |
Discrepancy of southern border, where America sent troops, which eventually became the southern border. |
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John O’Sullivan |
Journalist who wrote to Manifest Destiny (God given right to American land) |
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Three points of westward expansion |
Natural resources. Land (preemption Act) Religious refuge |
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Preemption act |
Making homestead economics cheaper |
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James Polk |
President who campaigned on annexing Texas and Orgeon |
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Who was settled in Texas and in Oregon |
Mexico and British respectively |
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Why did Texans rebel, who was the rebellion leader? |
Sam Houston was the rebellion leader who rebelled against the Mexican government who stated they would have to Roman Catholic and have no slaves |
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What were the two battles and results that took place to gain Texas independence. |
Battle of the Alamo where Mexicans killed all of the Texans. And the battle of SanJacinto where the Texans captured a Mexican general and forced him to sign a treaty releasing Texas as an independent territory. |
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Who pushed the annex to gain Texas and Oregon |
Pres. Tyler started at the end of his presidency to set up president Polk. |
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What was the cause of the Mexican-American war? |
Texas became part of America. |
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What presidents declined an annex for Texas and why. |
Presidents; Jackson, Vanburen, Harrison, and Tyler. All because they believed it would bring war. |
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Who went to Mexico City to ask for more of New Mexico and California, as well as identify southern boarder of Texas. |
Diplomat John Slidell |
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Who was the General who went to RioGrande and what happened upon arrival? |
General Zachary Taylor. On arrive they were met with opposing forces where 11 American soldiers died. |
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Who led the American military into the Mexican-American war and where did the war end? |
General Winfield Scott. With the war ending in Mexico City |
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What were the two effects of the Mexico-American war? |
1. Lots of land 2. Mexican and Indian people who were in that land. |
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How did the war end? |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. |
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What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo state? |
RioGrande is the southern boarder of Texas. |
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What act gave America parts of new Mexico and California and what was the price of the act |
Gaddsen Purchase for 15M |
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Who is David Wilmot and what was his proposition? |
David Wilmot was a Supreme Courts men who purposed the wilmot privso stating; that land won/purchased following the Mexican-American war could not have slaves on it. |
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What status was giving to the people who lived in the newly acquired land from the gattsen purchase. |
Mexicans were giving citizenship, however Indians were not given the option. And both groups had little rights and little privileges |
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What were the positions regarding land from the Mexican cession |
Southern Free soil Popular Sovereignty |
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What was the southern position regarding the Mexican cession |
Lands below the established Missouri compromise line will be slave states |
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What was the free soil position regarding the Mexican cession |
All new land should be free man land. With no slaves, but still only white people land. |
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What was the positions of popular sovereignty states regarding the Mexican cession |
Lands should have the right to deem rather they allow slavery or not. |
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What was the compromise of 1850 and who passed it. |
Henry Clay who wrote 1. Utah and New Mexico would be split to two states to be popular sovereignty states 2. California would be a free state 3. Ban in Washington D.C. slave trade 4. Stricter fugitive laws. |
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Why was the compromise of 1850 needed? |
The compromise was needed because tensions were growing because the ratio of slave states to free states needed to be equal so both groups would be equally represented. |
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Who composed the free-soil party |
Northern democrats and whigs |
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What did southerns believe the Abolitionists’ motive was for attacking? |
They believed Abolitionists were trying to start/insight a race war |
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What were the growing tensions post compromise of 1850 |
Immigration and slavery |
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Who was trying to immigrate into America post compromise of 1850 |
Irish and German |
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Who was against new immigration. And what party did they make? |
Nativist, Known-nothing party. |
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What was the nativist motivation? |
Protect native culture from immigrant culture. Such as stopping conversion of native protestant Christianity vs Irish catholic Christianity. |
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What were the different labor systems for the north and the south post compromise of 1850 |
Northern: free laborers, with manufacturing/factory jobs. Southern: slave labor with agriculture jobs Northern economy is growing rapidly. |
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Who believed in fully stopping slavery and what were their deliveries |
Abolitionists (minority) 1. Words spoken and written 2. Action; helping refugees 3. Violence. |
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Who was a profound speaker for the abolitionist? |
Fredrick Douglas |
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What big nonviolent “action” was taken by Abolitionists |
The Underground Railroad |
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What violence was committed by Abolitionists and who led it |
John Brown led the violence that happened at Harper’s ferry; where Abolitionists stole from an armory. |
