History Ch. 10

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manifest destiny

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belief that God intended the US to expand westward

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john l. o' sullivan

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magainze editor that came up with manifest destiny

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tejanos

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native mexicans who lived in texas

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empresarios

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people who agreed to recruit and take responsibility for new settlers

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stephen f. austin

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established a colony on the gulf of texas in 1822

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causes of texas revolution

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many us immigrants entered texas; in 1830, mexico closed the texas border bc they feared a rebellion/us invasion; mexican gov. prohibited the importation of slaves to texas; slaveholders feared that mexican authorities would restrict practice of slavery; texans classified their slaves as indentured servants; fear of cotton industry collapsing if the gov restricted slavery; santa anna was elected president and established dictatorial control over mex gov.

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the alamo

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teas rebels captured san antonio; santa anna went to san antonio to restore mexican rule; the alamo [a mission-fort built by the spanish]; 'remember the alamo'

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the goliad

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where general santa anna ordered that the surviving surrendered prisoners be excuted. 'remember goliad'

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william travis

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drew a line with his sword in the sand and said that any defenders that pass the line could leave; everyone stayed; fought off santa annas army with jim bowie at the alamo

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jim bowie

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fought off santa annaz army at the alamo with william travis

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santa anna

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ordered that surviving surrendered prisoners be excecuted at the goliad; angered mexicans by becoming president an makin mexico dictatorial

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san jacinto

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where santa anna was taken prisoner by sam houston; 630 mexicans killed while napping near the san jacinto river; in mexico

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sam houston

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commander of texas army; led battle of san jacinto an took santa anna prisoner

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juan seguin

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joined sam houston's army after escaping from being executed in mexico in the alamo to find reinforcements for the prisoners; mayor of san antonio

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election of 1840

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election of 1844

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issue of western expansion; whig henry clay vs. democrat james k. polk; polk - dark horse; polk - wanted to add texas; clay - didnt wanna add texas; polk won

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election of 1848

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texas annexation (pros an cons)

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pros - no worry that texas would become an ally of great britain; cons - slave/non slave states uneven, increases slave power in congress

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causes of mexican conflict (pros an cons)

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texas was added to union; mexico was willing to negotiate making its northern border the rio grande; polk wanted a way to justify war

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john slidell

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louisian lawyer sent by polk to negotiate with mexico to make its northern border the rio grande; unsuccesful

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zachary taylor

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general; sent by polk deeper into disputed territory when they changed their mind about negotiating

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spot resolutions

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winfield scott

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general; led 10,000 us soldiers to capture a fortified castle in Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico; attacked the heart of the mexican nation

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treaty of guadalupe-hidalgo

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ended the war on terms dictated by the US; mexico gave up all claims to texas; mexico gave up the mexican cesseion {cali, nevada, an utah, parts of arizona, colorado, new mexico, and wymoning}; us payed mexico $15 million and took over payment of damages calimed by americans against mexico; us granted ful citizenship to mexicans who lived in the mexican cession

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gadsden purchase

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us acquired parts of the present day arizona and new mexico

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juan cortina

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tejano; headed a rebellion; fled to mexico to avoid being inprisoned bc of shooting an wounding a texas marshal who was beatin a tejano wit his pistol

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santa fe trail

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trail westward from missouri to santa fe [now new mexico]

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rendevouz system

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method of doing business developed by william ashley; remaining in the mountains full time and gather once a year to sell their furs and purchase supplies; reduced expenses and increased profits

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oregon trail

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followed platte river acrossed great plains to the rockies, then descended into oregon along the snake and columbia rivers

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narcissa whitman

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arrived in oregon country wit her fam.; organized religous services and teaching in the mission school; provided meals and shelter to settlers who passed;

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donner party

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party that broke off from the oregon trail to go to cali

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treaty of ft. laramie

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each tribe at conference agreed to remain in a defined territory, not to attack settlers moving west, and allowed us gov. to build roads and forts in its territoy; us promised to make annual payments to the american indians and to honor each tribe's territorial boundaries

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cayuse war

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tribes fought back after us people poured into american indian lands

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brigham young

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led thousands of mormons to migrate to the mexican territory of utah in 1847

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californios

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first spanish settlers and their descendants in cali

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agustus sutter

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swiss adventurer who acquired a huge land grant from mexico; had an adobe fort and trading post near sacramento and american rivers; major stopping point along california trai

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james marshall

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detected flakes of heavy yellow metal at the bottom of a wooden canal used to divert water from the american river; worked for sutter

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mariposa war

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native american raids

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donner party

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party that broke off from the oregon trail to go to cali

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treaty of ft. laramie

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each tribe at conference agreed to remain in a defined territory, not to attack settlers moving west, and allowed us gov. to build roads and forts in its territoy; us promised to make annual payments to the american indians and to honor each tribe's territorial boundaries

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cayuse war

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tribes fought back after us people poured into american indian lands

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brigham young

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led thousands of mormons to migrate to the mexican territory of utah in 1847

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californios

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first spanish settlers and their descendants in cali

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agustus sutter

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swiss adventurer who acquired a huge land grant from mexico; had an adobe fort and trading post near sacramento and american rivers; major stopping point along california trai

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james marshall

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detected flakes of heavy yellow metal at the bottom of a wooden canal used to divert water from the american river; worked for sutter

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mariposa war

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native american raids