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16 Cards in this Set
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new immigration |
Irish were pushed during the Irish Potato Famine, Germans were pulled by job opportunities |
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Horace Greeley |
New York editor borrow the phrase, Go West Young man and grow up with the country |
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Stephen F Austin |
Granted a huge tract of land in Texas, encouraged to bring other Americans |
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the Texas Revolution |
Texans fought the Mexican Government over slavery and Catholicism |
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the Alamo |
San Antonio mission converted into Fort in 1836, 187 Texas settlers were killed inside including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie |
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Remember the Alamo |
Became the rallying cry for the Texans |
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Sam Houston |
First president of the Republic of Texas in 1836 |
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Houston salt annexation to the US but President Jackson resisted due to |
Politics, slay vs. Free states and fear of war with Mexico |
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manifest destiny |
The belief that it was America's Destiny to expand from sea to Sea |
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fifty-four forty or fight |
Rallying cry over the Oregon Territory |
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Mr. Polk's War 1846 to 1847 |
Wigs name for Mexican war, Northerners fear War would lead to more slave territories |
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The spot resolution |
Introduced by Republican Abraham Lincoln asked for an investigation of the actual spot where Americans were killed by Mexicans, Polk ignore the resolution |
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
Heated New Mexico and California to the US for 15 million, established the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico, us would also assume Financial claims of American citizens against the Mexican government, 3.2 million, residents of the new US territories are US citizens |
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Wilmot Proviso 1848 |
Slavery banned from territory gained from Mexico past house failed Senate |
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Gadsden purchase 1853 |
U.s. acquired the Southwest land from Mexico for 10 million for Railroad in South |
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Railroads |
American railroad companies began in 1830 replace canals as a means of transportation for Freight |
