Give Me Liberty- Chapter 13- A House Divided, 1840-1861
What were the major factors contributing to U.S. territorial expansion in the 1840s?
I. Fruits of Manifest Destiny
a. Continental Expansion
i. Why did slavery move into the center stage of American politics in the 1840s?
1. Between 1840 and 1845…
a. By 1860…
ii. What belief was intensified as people moved west in the 1840s?
b. The Mexican Frontier: New Mexico and California
i. Describe what happened once the Santa Fe Trail opened
ii. Explain what Mexico did in 1834 and why
1. Explain what happened to most of the land
2. Define Californios
c. The Texas Revolt
i. Define Tejanos
ii. Who was Moses Austin and what did he do?
1. By 1830
a. How did Mexico respond?
iii. Describe what Santa Anna did and how the Americans responded
1. On March 13, 1836…
a. How did Sam Houston respond?
iv. Why did Texas not become a state immediately?
d. The Election of 1844
i. When and why did Tyler revive the issue of Texas annexation?
1. Explain what Calhoun and other Southern states hoped about Texas
a. How did Clay and Van Buren Respond? What were they concerned about?
i. How did these letters impact both Clay and Van Buren?
b. Describe James K. Polk
c. Summarize the Democratic platform (include Texas and Oregon)
i. Define “54°40’ or Fight”
e. The Road to War
i. What were Polk’s goals as president (at least four)
1. How was the issued with Oregon decided
a. How did Northerners react?
2. Explain how Polk attempted to acquire California
a. Summarize Zachary Taylor’s role in starting a war
f. The War and Its Critics
i. What was unique about the Mexican War?
1. Summarize how most Americans felt about the war.
a. Explain why many Northerners feared the war
i. What did Henry Thoreau write and why?
ii. Explain why Lincoln disagreed with the war
g. Combat in Mexico
i. In June 1846…
1. What was their goal?
2. Where did most the fighting take place?
a. What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
i. What became the name for the land annexed from Mexico
ii. Define Gadsden Purchaseh. Race and Manifest Destiny
i. How many miles were added into the United States at the end of the War?
ii. Explain how manifest destiny impacted the idea of racial superiority
1. Summarize what the annexation of Texas and conquest of Mexico came to symbolize
i. Redefining Race
i. Explain how America’s acquisition of the territories affected the inhabitants of these territories.
j. Gold-Rush California
i. Explain what changed the migration pattern from Oregon to California
ii. Summarize the gold-rush population
1. By 1850
k.
California and the Boundaries of Freedom
i. Summarize how white miners attempted to limit the rights of foreign immigrants
1. Explain how the state constitution of 1850 limited the rights of minorities
ii. Explain how the gold rush impacted the Indians in California
l. The Other Gold Rush
i. During the 1850s..
ii. How were the California and Australia gold rushes similar
m. Opening Japan
i. Explain how America opened up foreign trade to Japan
1. How did this help America?