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Manifest Destiny
Belief that God wanted the US to have all the land to the shore of the
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Reasons for going west:
1. Great optimism in the US
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2. New land was cheap
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3. Desire for wealth
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4. Search for adventure and a new start
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5. Desire to spread the gospel
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TEXAS
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• Texas was owned by Mexico
• Stephen F Austin tried to work it out with Mexico
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• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was president of Mexico
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• Mexico sent forces to Texas• Sam Houston was commander of the army for
Texas
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The Alamo
• William Travis was commander of Alamo
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• Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie were volunteers
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• 183 men• 4000 Mexicans
attacked• Only survivor was
Susannah Dickinson, her daughter and one slave
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San Jacinto
• Lasted only 20 minutes• Texans either killed or captured the entire
Mexican army• Houston kept Santa Anna alive to get Texas to
be independent
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Lone Star State
• Sam Houston was president• Tried to get into the US, but Mexico
threatened war if the US allowed us in• Were their own country for 9 years• Admitted as slave state to Oregon’s free state
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CALIFORNIA
• Owned by Mexico• California Gold Rush
is started by the discovery by John Sutter
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• 80,000 men came to California in 1849• US tried to buy land from Mexico, but they
refused.
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MEXICAN WAR
• Originally fighting over southern border of Texas
• Later fighting over New Mexico and California
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Zachary Taylor was commander of the Americans
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• Zachary Taylor was commander of the Americans
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Ended the Mexican War• Rio Grande became southern border of the US• Mexico gave up California, Nevada, Utah and
parts of other states• US paid Mexico $20 million
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Zachary Taylor was commander of the Americans
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Gadsden Purchase
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• $10 million• James Gadsden arranges it for the US• Narrow strip of land on the border of New
Mexico and Arizona• Thought it could be used for the railroad
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Slavery Issue:
• Compromise of 1850– California could be free state– Popular sovereignty was used in Utah and New
Mexico– Strict fugitive slave law was passed
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• President Taylor vetoed the bill• He died and his vice-president, Millard
Fillmore passed it.