Us History Lesson 32

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Mexican-American war was a result of?

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our annexation of Texas and boundary dispute - RioGrande River

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Mexican-American war resulted in?

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500,000 square miles of Mexican territory being acquired by the US

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Mexican president refused to ‘receive’ which president?

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Polk

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Mexican president wanted to....

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‘buy’ New Mexico and California

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Who said, “Mexico had invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil?"

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Polk

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lead the American forces (Mex-Am War)

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Zachary Taylor

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became president after Polk

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Zachary Taylor

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in 1848 we got New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, California, Texas, and western Colorado for $15,000,000 as a result of.....

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treaty with Guadalupe Hidalgo

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What states did we get as a result of the Treaty with Guadalupe Hidalgo?

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New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, California, Texas and western Colorado

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Mexican-American war reopened... (had been quiet since Missouri Compromise)

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slavery extension issue

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banned slavery from territory acquired by Mexico
(never passed)

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Wilmot Proviso

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eventually settled dispute over slavery extension

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Compromise of 1850

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as a result of Compromise of 1850 the rule for slavery extension was....

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a one to one rule for adding states

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Idea that America has had an idea that God wants us to Expand our ideals and beliefs

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Manifest Destiny

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Mexico fought for Independence in ..... with......

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1810-1821 .... Spain

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Mexican-American war was started by....... with........

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Father Hidalgo; Cry of Delores for independence (1810)

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Mexican government encouraged Americans to..... b/c.......

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emigrate to Texas; create a military buffer between marauding Indians and the more southern provinces. (Emparsarios)

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Americans were required to...

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give up their citizenship; convert to Roman Catholicism; and become Mexican citizens

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former New Englander who had traded with the Spanish for decades

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Moses Austin

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was granted 18,000 square miles

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Moses Austin

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Austin was required to...... with the land he was given

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settle 300 American families
(many were slaves; Mexico abolished slavery)

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father of Texas; had the grant confirmed by Mexican authorities

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Stephen F. Austin
(Moses Austin's son)

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by the mid 1830's ..... (#) Americans were...... and ...... with the help of black slaves

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about 30,000; ranching and growing cotton

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governor of Texas (capital named after him)

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Stephen F. Austin

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Americans continued to emigrate to Texas and outnumbered Mexicans. they brought.... and sought....

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“lifetime indentured servants”; full statehood for the province

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American-born Texans supported...... for presidency of Mexico in 1833

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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

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first sovereign nation before joining the U.S.

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Texas

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became more of a dictator and did not support statehood as people had hoped

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Santa Anna

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Tejanos

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mexican texans

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revolted and declared their independence in 1836, and adopted a constitution (which also happened to legalize slavery.)

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Texans and some Tejano allies

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NJ native who had lived with the Comanches for two years

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David G. Burnet

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chosen president of the new republic (Texas)

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David G. Burnet

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a former Tennessee congressman and governor who fought under Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812

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Sam Houston

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selected as Commander-in-Chief of the army

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Sam Houston

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1836; lasted 13 days

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The Alamo

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raised a force of about 6,000 troops (for battle of alamo)

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Santa Anna

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..... (#) rebels held up at the Alamo, the abandoned mission at San Antonio, and met Santa Anna's army in a 'legendary' 13 day stand-off. under command of....

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200; Colonel William B. Travis

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March 6,1836

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Final Assault on the Alamo

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entire garrison was annihilated, including the wounded during.....

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Final Assault on the Alamo

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only American Texan survivors (Alamo)

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Susanna Dickinson and her infant daughter

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ordered the slaughter of 300 Texas rebels after they surrendered. where?

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Santa Anna; Goliad (a few weeks later)

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surprised the Mexicans at the San Jacinto River

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General Houston with less than 900 men (half the size of Santa Anna's army)

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captured after Battle of San Jacinto & forced to sign a treaty recognizing Texas as an independent republic

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Santa Anna

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1789-1797 (no party)

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George Washington

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1797-1801 (federalist)

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John Adams

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1801-1809
(democratic-republican)

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Thomas Jefferson

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1809-1817
(democratic-republican)

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James Madison

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1817-1825
(democratic-republican)

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James Monroe

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1825-1829 (democratic-republican/national republican)

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John Quincy Adams

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1829-1837 (democratic)

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Andrew Jackson

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1837-1841 (democratic)

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Martin Van Buren

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1841 (whig)

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William Henry Harrison

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1841-1845 (whig/no party)

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John Tyler

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1845-1849 (democrat)

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James Knox Polk

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1849-1850  (whig)

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Zachary Taylor

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Jackson's Vice President

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Martin Van Ethan (Buren)

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elected president of Texas following the Texas Revolution

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Sam Houston

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managed to sidestep the question of annexation; became president after Jackson

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Martin Van Buren

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defeated for re-election by William Henry Harrison

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Martin Van Buren

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shortest tenure of any president in history (died in office)

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Harrison

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became president after Harrison (and won the election of 1844 against Henry Clay)

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John Tyler

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ultimately wanted to continue manifest destiny and to annex Texas and Oregon, but couldn't get it done in his term

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John Tyler

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first really effective president (compared to Van Buren, Harrison, and Tyler)

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Polk

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notminated James Polk of Tennessee for president

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Democrats - 1845 (didn't want to lose another election)

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called for “re-annexation of Texas” and the “re- occupation of Oregon.”

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Polk

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viewed the Democratic victory as a mandate to annex Texas (got it done before he left office)

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Tyler

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formally admitted to the Union

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Texas - 1845

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ordered General Zachary Taylor and about half of the United States army (3,500 men) to take up a defensive position on the Nueces River to protect Texas from invasion

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Polk

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wasn't happy and a war was a comin'

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Mexico (Mexican American War)

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the 'new Jackson' and in some ways is more of a Jackson Democrat than Jackson

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Polk

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fixes banking system

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Polk

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"the hardest working President in history"; our most successful President you've never heard of

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Polk

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tried leeches and snake bites as cures but they didn't work

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Harrison