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Chapter 14 SMO
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Comanche lifestyle and reputation in Texas | reintroduced horses, buffalo for food/clothing, raided TX to Yucatan |
| 1821 Mexico won independence from | Spain |
| Mexico is north of the ___ River | Rio Grande; immigration promoted to this bad land |
| Grant was given to ___ to emigrate from US to ___ | Stephen Austin; Mexico north of Rio Grande |
| Stephen Austin's agreement with US to go to Mexico (4 terms) | 1. learn Spanish, 2. to be loyal to Mexican government, 3. become Catholic, 4. don't bring slaves |
| Father Muldoon | made fake Catholic religion to get around terms |
| 1836: General Santa Anna | defeated Texans at the Alamo (San Antonio), killed JIm Bowie and Davy Crockett |
| 1836: Sam Houston; significance | defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto; able to last 13 days for people to come into America |
| Texas rallying cry and GTT | Remember the Alamo! Gone to Texas |
| Davy Crockett | Congressman, killed over 100 |
| Why Jackson didn't show interest for supporting Texas annexation: | 1. wanted to avoid war with Mexico, 2. annexation might eradicate Missouri Compromise because TX was a slave state, 3. create sectional strife |
| Election of 1844 candidates' parties | Whigs, Liberty Party, Democrats |
| Election of 1844: Whig candidate and platform | Henry Clay: favored Texas annexation only if Mexico approved, vague about TX, American System |
| Election of 1844: Liberty Party candidate and platform | James G. Birney: does not want Texas, wants to contain slavery where it is |
| Election of 1844: Democratic candidate and platform | James K. Polk: occupation of Oregon and annexation of Texas (winner Young Hickory) |
| Election of 1844 weird candidate | Joseph Smith |
| If Clay won the Election of 1844 | Mexican-American War would not occur, CA would be Mexico |
| How John Tyler annexed Texas | Congress joint-resolution, last act as president |
| Texas slave/free status in 18__ | slave, 1845 |
| Iowa slave/free status in 18__ | free, 1846 |
| Texas wanted the border to be ____ River but Mexico wanted it as ____ River | Rio Grande, Nueces |
| John C Fremont and Bear Flag Revolt | played Texas game announcing CA's independence from Mexico |
| Why did Polk send Slidell to Mexico? Mexico's response? | He wanted the Rio Grande Texas border, CA, and NM for 30 million+ dollars. Rejected. |
| US declared war on Mexico in | 1846 |
| Why did Polk replace Zachary Taylor with Winfield Scott? | Taylor was a Republican threat |
| Scott captured | Mexico City |
| Henry David Thoreau and Civil Disobedience | Thoreau went to jail instead of paying war taxes. Justifies someone's duty to oppose immoral government |
| Treaty that ended Mexican War | Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo 1848 |
| Who negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? Why didn't he go back to Polk? | Nicholas Trist: Scott told him to negotiate and get Texas |
| What would've happened if Nicholas Trist went to Polk? | we would have Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Central America |
| Gadsden Purchase arranged by whom and wtf is it | Jefferson Davis: $10mil purchase of NM and Arizona |
| Polk's accomplishments and objectives (4) | 1. 1842 tariff reduction, 2. restoration of Independent Treasury, 3. no federal funding for internal improvements, 4. made Rio Grande Texas border and Oregon Territory |
| Wilmot Proviso: what is it | wants to abolish slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico |
| Wilmot Proviso's impact on two-party system | Southern whigs joined Southern democrats to vote against it |
| Who came up with "whitemanism" and what is it | William Lloyd Garrison: racist effort to make territories white |
| Common Property Doctrine | slaves are property, not human beings |
| What is popular sovereignty | Territorial residents, not Congress, will decide if they want slavery or not |
| Election of 1848: parties | democrat, free soil, whigs |
| Election of 1848: democrat candidate and platform | Democrat: Lewis Cass; manifest destiny supporter |
| Election of 1848: free soil candidate and platform | Martin Van Buren; spoiler for democrat party |
| Election of 1848: whig candidate and platform | Zachary Taylor: opposed Wilmot Proviso and slavery expansion |
| Election of 1848 outcome | Zachary Taylor and VP Millard Fillmore |
| What happened at Sutter's Mill 1848 | James Marshall found small flakes of gold |
| San Francisco during gold rush | major American city and gave people instant beginnings |
| California became a union state in | 1850 |
| Claim-jumping is | thieves stealing people's gold claims by killing or chasing them away |
| rendezvous system | made by William Henry Ashley where trappers bring yearly fur |
| Jedidiah Smith | first American to enter CA over Sierra Nevada mountains |
| Zebulon Pike | led expedition to Rocky Mountains in CO |
| Donner Party | wagon to Oregon and stuck in Nevada, ate each other |
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