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19 Cards in this Set
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Tejanos |
Mexican residents of Texas. Many fought with the Americans in the Revolution, but after Texas was independent, the Americans didn't trust them. We feared they were spies and drove many out of Texas. They included wealthy ranchers who raised cattle. |
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The battle of the Alamo is important because.. |
it shaped the events associated with westward expansion in the United States. |
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Mountain men |
American fur trappers who explored the Rocky Mountains and formed bonds with Natives |
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Santa Fé trail |
Opened by American merchants for trading purposes following Mexico's liberalization of the formerly restrictive trading policies of Spain |
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Santa Fé trade |
After Mexico gained independence from Spain, American traders went along the Santa Fé trail, their profits went up a lot. |
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John O'Sullivan |
Coined "Manifest Destiny".. a god-given right to expand democracy, even if by force |
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Manifest Destiny, causes and reactions |
After the panic of 1837, many believed that America depended on expanded trade with Asia. Democrats supported it, Whigs opposed it because it could lead to the extension of slavery. |
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Overland trail |
Settlers went West to Oregon, California, and Utah |
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Fifty-four forty or fight |
The idea that U.S. should defy Britain's claims on Oregon or fight for it |
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Mexican independence |
Gained independence from Spain in 1821 |
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Stephen Austin |
Mexico encouraged American immigration to Texas, so he made the town San Felipe and started a wave of empresarios there. |
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Empresarios |
American land agents who got paid to start settlements by Spain and Mexico |
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Texas annexation |
We annexed Texas from Mexico |
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James K. Polk |
A president. Acquired Oregon, California, and New Mexico |
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
Treaty that ended the Mexican-American war. Mexico lost a lot of land and the US gave them money and protection |
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Gadsden Purchase |
The US bought a bunch of land from Mexico, for a railroad. Became Arizona and New Mexico |
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Wilmot Proviso |
Slavery should be barred from all land that we won from Mexico |
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Free soil movement |
Abolitionists. Wanted federal aid for internal improvements. Foreshadowed the Republican party. |
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Liberty party |
Abolitionists. Worked to get abolitionists elected. Wanted to bar slaveholders from office. Still racist though |
