Texas
What was outlawed in Mexico?
slavery
What did James Polk want to buy from Mexico?
California
belief that the United States had a divine mission to expand westward
Manifest Destiny
What was the name of the compromise that dealt with slavery that was written into the Constitution?
3/5 compromise
First Whig President to get elected
William Henry Harrison
Who recruited families to Texas (a northern Mexican province) by offering lots of land?
Stephen Austin
Who did Polk send into the disputed territory to spark a war with Mexico?
Gen Zachary Taylor
More land acquired through westward expansion created more
Tension or sectionalism
How did the Missouri Compromise solve the problem of the balance of free and slave states?
Maine Free, Missouri Slave, no slavery above 36 30
Name William Henry Harrison's VP who becomes President after his death
John Tyler
188 men died here including Davy Crockett
Alamo
Who was the Mexican General during Texas independence and Mexican Am War?
Gen Santa Anna
What was discovered in California that created a huge surge in westward migration?
Gold
Once the US acquired land from Mexico the issue of slavery and new territories began again, who proposed the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay
Who was elected President in 1848 and died a year and half later?
Zachary Taylor
Who led the revolt declared Texas independence?
Sam Houston
What treaty ended the war?
Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexico ceded SW US)
1000's of people would travel this route to reach the Pacific coast
Oregon Trial
Pennsylvania Congressman proposed that slavery be forbidden in any new territories acquired from Mexico
Wilmot Proviso
Why was the annexation of Texas so controversial?
because they wanted to enter as a slave state and it would of upset the balance of power in Congress
Name the 3 laws the Americans had to follow to live in Texas:
Be a Catholic
Live there 10 years
loyal to the Mexican government
How much did we give Mexico for all the land we gained?
15 million
Mexico sold the U.S. land needed for a southern transcontinental railroad for $10 million
Gadsen Purchase
List the 5 parts or compromises listed in the Compromise of 1850.
Popular Sovereignty, Fugutive Slave Act, Abolish slave trade in DC, California free state, Texas settled land dispute (10 million)
List the 3 political promises Polk made during his election
Oregon 54 40
Annexation of Texas
California