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manifest destiny |
the belief that the expansion westward of the U.S. was their destiny, thus they had to conquer |
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how does manifest destiny lead to mex war? |
bc there are am living under the mex gov there and they want their independence. |
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whigs |
·mostly North ·support clay "the great compromiser" ·against expansion ·wanted peace ·anti-slavery ·wanted more federal power/pro-bank |
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democrats |
·mostly South ·support Polk "young hickory" ·expansionists ·pro-slavery ·wanted more state power
only this one really sticks |
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liberty party |
·anti-slavery · |
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treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo |
Polk and Santa Anna sign. it says to cease fire, which am pays mex 15 million to go through with, and we get tx and Oregon. Polk says he'll make mex there into am citizens (which they didn't want) |
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Wilmot proviso |
states that all new territories from the mex session will be free. (any southern state isn't gonna sign this but all northern States except one do.) this is where the compromise of 1850 comes in. it never became federal law. make sure u kno that this Makes the southerners feel bad |
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how did the Missouri compromise of 1820 lead to sectional diff? |
bc we went ahead and decided that even tho states aren't states yet we've already decided if that state is slave or free. |
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pres polk |
·pro-slavery ·expansionist ·v involved in politics (was the gov of TN and speaker of the house) ·4 point program ·wants the mex war |
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describe pres polk's 4 point plan |
1. lower tariffs 2. settle the Oregon dispute 3. aquire Cali (Like Texas, California had seen an influx of American immigrants, and some of them wanted to rejoin the US, and many Americans, including Polk, wanted to help them. ) 4. independent treasury |
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how did Polk "start" the war with Mexico? |
he first sent soldiers to mex territory just to sit there, as a threat. he was waiting for Mexico to attack first. he also sent a letter to congress trying to persuade them to go to war with mex. |
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how does the treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo lead to sectional diff? |
am gets new land all the way to coast (this splits Cali in half due to the Missouri compromise) so now they don't know what to do with cali |
