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Why do many people hate talking abuot the Mexican war?
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The US was land hungry, and was the instigator - the americans looked to take what was "rightfully theirs"
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what's the need to go west?
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-Farmers traveled west to make more money
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what did settlers do on the journeys?
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-weren't healthy
-turned killers over to save everyone else -drove wagons over graves -left sick people behind |
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why did mormons head west?
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they didn't want to be persecuted
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who started mormonism and how did it start?
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-Joseph SMith (1830)
- an angel named Moroni appeared to Smith, and presented him with golden tablets that he translated to mormon books -angel said to get followers |
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how did smith die?
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Murdered after being arrested
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polygamy
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-made people hate mormons
-made for reproductional purposes |
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brigham young
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-took over gor smith
-said mormons needed to leave quickly |
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why did Americans want to settle in Texas?
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-cheap land
-american activity woulnt be controlled |
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Moses Austin
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land merchant who petitioned for land grants in Mexico
-brought families out to Texas by handing out land grants |
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land grants
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-sold for 12 cents an acre
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what was the population in texas by 1836?
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30,000
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what did President Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana do?
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lead an army of 4,000 to Texas to "pay a visit"
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what were americans supposed to do (that they didnt) that angered mexicans?
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-cease slavery
-convert to catholicism |
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what did Stephen Austin not want to do?
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ruin relationship with mexico
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what happened in January 1836?
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200-250 Texas rebels make a fort out of an abandoned spanish mission in san antonio (Alamo) where slaves, women, men, and Tejanas were present
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William Travis
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-sent to the alamo originally to retrieve supplies
-now in charge of the regulars, ranked as a colonel |
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jim bowie
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(renassaince man)
smuggler, slavetrader, gambler -born in kentucky -arrived @ the alamo 3 weeks before travis w/ orders to dismantle it ...decided to defend instead |
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davy crockett
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(made a famous hat)
-born in tenessee -lion of the west -arrives @ the alamo 2 weeks before Travis -offered a commission, but he declines because he was only meant to be a volunteer |
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what happened in the 15 day seige?
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-santa ana bombarded the alamo for 15 days
-women, children, slaves and tejanos are held up in the compound |
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march 6, 1836 (5:30am)
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-Santa Ana attacks
-battle ends in one hour *only white males were killed, everyone else was given mercy |
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how many many were killed in the Alamo? what three important men were killed?
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-189 men
-travis, bowie, crockett |
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who wasnt killed at the alamo?
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women, children, and slaves
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what did santa ana do after the attack of the alamo?
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move further east into texas
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sam houston inf0
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-war of 1812 veteran
-"The Raven" -B.F.F. Jackson -congressman and governer of tennessee -got involved with rebellion -was for mexican independence |
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battle of san jacinto
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april 21, 1836 after LEADING santan ana on a chase for weeks, houston strikes the smaller Mexican army near the San Jacinto river
-battle lasted only 18 minutes, but slaughtering went on for one hour -S.A. surrenders and hands mexico over to the rebels |
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when was the mexican war?
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1846-1848
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what did president john tyler want to do?
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bring texas into the union, but antislavery leaders in congress opposed annexation
8at this time, texas was its own country |
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why did texas become a slave state?
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because of the missouri compromise
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what did James K Polk do?
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*Dark Horse - nickname
-defeated Henry Clay by promising to annex both Texas and Oregon. -revealed intentions to buy California from Mexico |
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Fifty Four Fourty or Fight!
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-slogan used in the dispute over oregon
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to avoid war with great britain...
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mexico and the US agreed that the US would acquire the land south of the 49 N. latitude
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before polk took office...
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John Tyler pushed a resolution through Congress that annexed Texas
-it ended diplomatic relations with Mexico |
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What did Zachary Taylor lead?
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2,000 troops to secure the Rio Grande
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April 26, 1846
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Mexican troops crossed the Rio Grande & opened fire & killed 16 US soldiers
WAR HAD BEGUN |
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border dispute
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US believed Rio Grande was border
Mexico believed Nueces river was border |
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in order to prevent further fighting...
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Polk reached out to exiled Mexican president Santa Anna
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what deal was made with Santa Anna?
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Us would help S.A. regain power in exchange for the disputed territory at the price of $30 million
-santa anna regained power but betrayed the offerers and continued to fight the US |
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Battle of Monterrey
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-sept of 1846
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Buena Wista
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feb of 1847 (lead by General Taylor) [old rough and ready]
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what did general stephan kearny do?
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marched an army over 1,000 miles into the southwest and took control without firing a shot
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when and why did stephan kearny die?
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1848 from disease
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who was general John. C Freemont and what did he do?
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-the trailblazer, pathfinder
-took control of california and declared it the Bear Flag Republic |
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how long was the bear flag republic a country?
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2 weeks - until general kearny arrived
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Describe General Winfield Scott
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-old fuss and feathers
-made the first US sea to land invasion in 1847 at Vera Cruz |
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what happened on sept. 14, 1847?
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Mexico City was captured by General Winfield Scott (Fuss & Feathers)
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treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
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-Happened on Feb. 2, 1848
-Mexico ceded 500,000 miles of land to the US (the southwest) -recognized the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas -US paid Mexico $15 million |
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Gadsden Purchase 1853
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-US paid Mexico $10 million for the southern portion that makes up Arizona and New Mexico today
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how long was the road of succession
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1848-1859
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Compromise of 1850
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1) california admitted as free state
2) Utah/New Mexico territory establish popular sovereignty 3) border of dispute settled between Texas and New Mexico 4)Slave trade banned in Washington DC 5) fugitive slave act established |
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who originally created the Compromise of 1850, and who actually got it passed?
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-Henry Clay
-Senator Stephan Douglas of Illinois reintroduced it in pieces, and got them all passed |
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Kansas Nebraska Act
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-popular sovereighty residents of a territory decide whether to be free or slave, not federal government
-congress and president pierce approve, but PUBLIC IS OUTRAGED!! |
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Bleeding Kansas?!
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-settlers pour into Kansas-Nebraska
-Fighting breaks out between Pro and Anti-slavers groups -Lawrence:800 pro-slavery people attack the abolitionist town -no one dies!!! |
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Pottawatomic Massacre
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-john brown hears that 5 people died at Lawrence
-He and his followers kill 5 pro-slavery people -triggers more killings, 200 total, hence the name |
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what happened on May 19, 1855
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Mass. Sen. Charles Sumner delivers a speech that attacks pro-slavery members off Congress , including Andrew Butler of SC
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what happened to Charles Sumner after he made his speech?
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Butlers nephew, Preston A. Brooks attacked Sumner with his cane
*sumner suffered brain damage and leaves the Senate for a few years *brooks considered a hero "hit him again" |
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what happened in the Dred Scott case?
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-a free slave sues for his freedom
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who was the judge in the dred scott case? what was his ruling?
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-Roger Taney
-decided that all african americans free or slave, are Not citizens, but property |
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what happened at the attack of harper's ferry?
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-Oct. 16, 1859
-John Brown & 21 men attack federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry , VA |
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what was done to stop the attack at Harper's Ferry?
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-US marines led by Colonel Robert F. Lee kill most of the men and Captures Brown
-brown charged with treason, found guilty and hanged on Dec. 2, 1859 |
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who were the 4 candidates in the election of 1860 and their political parties?
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Abraham Lincoln - repub
Stephen Douglas - Northern Democrat John C. Breckenridge - Southern Democrat John Bell - Constitutional Union |
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who won the election of 1860?
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lincoln
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why was the election of 1860 controversial/
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- Lincoln was left off of southern ballots (39% of popular vote)
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what occured after the election of 1860?
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Southern succeesssion began
*straw that broke the camels back -South Carolina seceded befor Lincoln was inaugrated |
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what was formed on feb. 4, 1861?
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the confederacy is formed
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what happened at the convention held on february 9, 1861?
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-former senator from Miss. Jefferson Davis, is eected as the confederacys president
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what stupid thing did Jefferson Davis do?
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spent tax payers money on camels
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"A house divided, cannot stand"
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important quote
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what were lincoln's views on slavery
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-slavery was wrong, but gov't should not have the power to ban slavery
-he wanted slavery to stay where it was, but go no where else |
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what was Stephen Douglas' nickname?
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"little giant"
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what was John C. Breckonridge in favor of?
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-the south
-slavery (wanted it to expand) |
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describe the no-nothing party
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-political party
-against immigration, among other smaller issues -"I know nothing" ; members of the party when asked about it, would say they know nothing, to no give away that they were part of the party |
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what was john bell's position on slavery?
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didnt want to get involved with it at all
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