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32 Cards in this Set
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Transcontinental Treaty
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1819 defined borders
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Mexican Independence
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1821 Mexican gov and Texas province begin to invite settlers
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Russia abandons claim in Oregon Territory
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1821-22
Opens this area up between America and Great Britain |
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Manifest Destiny and 2 reasons for it
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A way to flush out foreign influence
1. God/nature has given us this right 2. extending Atlantic --> Pacific would expand contact with other nations |
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Democrat stance on manifest destiny
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complimented party policies of low tariffs and decentralized banking
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whig stance on manifest destiny
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smokescreen to further institution of slavery
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other arguments for manifest destiny
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-god and nature
-crop surplus -closer to asia -immigrant and population expansion |
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why were american settlers invited into texas
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to act as a buffer from native americans
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who was steven austin
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an empresario
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what else was going on during the texas independece time
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nullifcation crisis and panic of 1837
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what were the reasons for YES to annexing Texas
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-Tyler, Calhoun and British design
-Polk and his race war (has to convince the north that annexation would keep blacks from igniting into a black vs. white war) |
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what were hte reasons for NO to annexing Texas
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Anti-slave Whigs/ Northerners who said that if they extend in to South America there could be 4-5 new slave states that would greatly upset the balance of slave vs. free
Clay and Van Buren focus on sectional conflict ---snowball argument "Where does it stop?" |
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What is the amercian system?
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tariffs to pay for internal improvements
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What was the election of 1840 a mandate for?
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whigs and the american system
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What did John Tyler do with tariffs and how did the north and south react to this
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he allowed tariffs but no state redistribution for internal improvements
the north loves this becuase they are industrial the south hates becuase they are agricultural |
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what issue began to split the whig party in the election of 1844
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ANNEXATION.
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what were the big issues prior to 1842-1844
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-tariffs
-national bank -internal improvements |
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what were the big issues during 1842-1844
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-party fragmentation
-tyler hurt's Whig party and they lost the House in midterm election |
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what was the northern whig attitude towards annexation
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they generally don't like it becuase it leads to the expansion of slaves. if we annex but don't make it slave territory, then there's room for industrial progress
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what does clay do during the election of 1844
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-alienates southern supporters
-n. anti-slave whigs head to liberty party -Irish-catholic defections due to vp candidate |
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What was the independent treasurery
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banks put out specie
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how did james k. polk upset northern democrats and western democrats
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N. Democrats upset over Tariff of 1846 --implicit promise that he deliberately wouldn't
W. Democrats upset over veto of Rivers and Harbors bill of 1846 which made it clear he's not going to help develop infrastructure |
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Why did Calhoun unite with antislavery
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becuase he was angered that Polk declared war without permission
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What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo bring
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Established that Mexico ceded TX with Rio Grande boundary, NM and CA to America, Americans assumed all Spanish debts, paid government 15 million.
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After the mexican war what was the dominant issue in politics
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slavery
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What was going on after annexation of texas with slavery in new territory
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-- Polk didn't care if it was free or not
--Anti-Slave N. Whigs opposed extension morally N. Dems felt extension to CA and NM would deter industrialization -S. Dems oppose any barrier to expansion of slavery south of MO comp. line |
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Northern Whigs
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reform midnset
anti immigrant free soiler |
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northern democrat
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indifferent to slaves
probably would rather use land to expand industry |
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southern democrat
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tied to slavery
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southern whig
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ok with extension of slavery
looking for more elements of money for internal improvements |
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what were the constitutional arguments of both the north and the south with slavery
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south: slaves = property, no one can take away your property, so the MO compromise is unconstitutional
north: cites that the constitution says congress has the power to make needful rules and regulations on proepry ex: northwest ordiance homstead act |
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how does zachary taylor benefit in hte election of 1848
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democratic alienation from N. states over tariff
democrative disunity over Proviso |
