Manifest Destiny
What is manifest destiny?
The idea that the US has a god given right to all of North America
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Did everyone agree that the Mexican American war was justified? Why?
No- they were the aggressors
Who was the dictator of Mexico during the Texas Revolution
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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Who was the President of the US during this section?
James K. Polk
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Name 3 reasons for westward expansion
Multiple accepted answers
Who encouraged people to move to Texas with their book on how great it was?
Mary Austin Holley
How many years was Texas an independent nation?
What were the two main goals of the Spanish mission systems?
They wanted to make Native Americans convert to Christianity and they wanted them to become loyal Spanish subjects
What is an empresario?
The contractors who were tasked with recruiting settlers to live in Texas and then create colonies
List the order and description of each mode of communication within the West
Butterfield trail- slow moving via private stagecoach
Pony Express- fast horses
Telegraph- made letter communication much more efficient
Name 3 reasons that the mission system failed or the Spanish abandoned their colonies
The French had given up their claim to the land so they didn't feel that they needed to lay claim to it
The Native Americans resisted the Spanish attempts to convert to Catholicism
The population of Native Americans dwindled because they were being killed from Spanish diseases
Name a reason for and against the ways the US aquired the land from Mexico
Multiple accepted answers
What is the process called by which Texas became a US state
Annexation
What were 3 of the rules the Texas settlers had to follow?
Convert to Catholicism
Give up American citizenship
Follow Mexican rule
Live there for 7 years
Name 2 of the 3 trails we discussed and the place where they started from
Santa Fe and Oregon started in Independence MO
Mormon started in New York technically
What battle became the first of the Texas Revolution?
The Battle of Gonzales
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Give 4 reasons why citizens were either for or against Texas becoming a state
Various answers
What was the name of the revolution in California?
Bear Flag Revolt
What was the boundary between the US and Mexico that Mexico claimed?
The Nueces River
Name one city whose population grew drastically after the gold rush.
San Francisco
Sacramento
Stockton
After the Alamo they were enraged by the murder of their fellow Texans. They had to retreat and run away but then surprised the Mexican forces and defeated them. They forced Santa Anna to sign the Treaties of Velasco which ended the war and forced Mexico to pull back their troops, finally declaring Texas independent
What were the details of Slidell's proposal to Mexico?
The US would drop the request for $3 million in damages for the recognition of the Rio Grande as the boundary, and pay $30 million for New Mexico and California
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What was the outcome of the Treaty of Guadlupe Hidalgo?
The US would drop the 3 million in damages and pay Mexico 15 million while Mexico turned over the Mexican Cession that was a huge tract of land. Later the Gadsden Purchase clarified the treaty boundary and gave more land to the US