Chapter 15

Who opposed the annexation of Texas and why

Southerners were eager to add another slave state. Northerners who opposed slavery wanted to keep Texas out. Others feared that annexation would lead to war with Mexico.

Tajanos

Spanish speaking living in Texas

Describe the relationship between Tejanos and Americans living in Texas

Tejanos,Spanish speaking settlers, were upset with the American settlers because they didn't respect Mexican rules, language, and culture.

Territory Gadsden purchased from:____________ Cost:______________:why did they sell it or why did the U.S. Buy it _________________________________.

Territory Gadsden purchased from Mexico Cost 10m why did they sell it or why did the U.S. By it because it was flat and good for rail roads.

Texans

U.S. Citizen living in Texas

What happened to the US as a result of the Louisiana purchase

We got a whole lota land that is like the middle of the United States and allowed the Americans to travel through Louisiana to get to the other side because we owned land on each side and it wasn't safe that people were crossing through Louisiana territory that wasn't even ours. Far,ears were grateful because we got the Mississippi.

What happened to Mexico as a result of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

We got half of Mexico's land in the treaty for 15m (Mexican session)

What were the requirements to be a settler in Texas

Austin had to choose only moral and hardworking settlers. The settlers had to promise to become Mexican citizens and to join the Catholic church.

Why did the U.S. want to acquire Florida

Because they were living there with no government and mobs were raiding into Georgia and our slaves would run away down into Florida and Spain wasn't doing anything.

Which two country's claimed Louisiana territory before the early 1800s

First claimed by France, it was given to Spain after the French and Indian War. In 1800, the French ruler. Napoleon Bonaparte convinced Spain to return Louisiana to France.

President Polk's view of the American expansion hint Oregon country Mexican session

He wanted more land and not to split the land but to get all of Oregon.he wanted New Mexico and California.he wanted them both by purchase if possible and force if needed.

What is the name given to the belief of the U.S. Had the right and duty to expand across North America continent

It is our manifest destiny

Slogans associated with Louisiana Florida Texas Oregon Mexican cession

Louisiana-GASP Florida-governor or get out Texas-remember the Alamo Oregon-all of Oregon or none, Oregon fever Mexican cession- It's our manifest destiny

Territory:Florida Fought with:__________________. Why did they/we agree to the treaty.___________________.

Territory: Florida Fought with:Was Spain's and we fought angry revolting people that were raiding into Georgia.why did we/they agree to the treaty because Spain was not doing anything about them raiding into Georgia and we had a slave problem they were escaping into Florida we sent are troops in to calm them.fearful of war we sent a message govern or get out in The treaty(Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819)we bought Florida for 5m.

Territory: Louisiana purchased from:____________ Cost:______________:why did they sell it or why did the U.S. Buy it _________________________________.

Territory:Louisiana Territory purchased from:France Cost:15m:why did they sell it or why did the U.S. Buy it Because of the Mississippi River and because of the fact that we had land on both sides of the territory and settlers needed to cross through.

Territory:Mexican Cession Fought with:__________________. outcome of war:_______________________.

Territory:Mexican Cession Fought with:Mexico. outcome of war:we got Mexican Session for 15m in a treaty (Guadalupe Hidalgo).

Territory:Oregon Country Fought with:__________________. Why did they/we agree to the treaty.___________________.

Territory:Oregon Country Fought with: Great Britain without spilling a drop of blood. Why did they/we agree to the treaty.because nether side wanted to fight so they split it in half.

Territory:Texas Fought with:__________________. outcome of war:_______________________.

Territory:Texas Fought with Mexico . outcome of war: we won and it lead to Mexico giving up Texas and the Mexican Cession.

How did the Supreme Court interpret the Indian removal act

That it made it so the US could bye American Indian land but the Indians had the right to refuse.

Why did the is laws support the removal of American Indians

The Indian Removal Act In 1830, urged on by President Jackson, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. This law allowed the president to make treaties in which American Indians in the East traded their lands for new territory on the Great Plains. The law did not say that the Indians should be removed by force

Why did the settlers want to travel to Oregon country

The first American settlers to travel through South Pass to Oregon were missionaries. These missionaries made few converts among Oregon's Indians. But their glowing reports of Oregon's fertile soil and towering forests soon attracted more settlers. These early settlers wrote letters home describing Oregon as a "pioneer's paradise." The weather was always sunny, they claimed. Disease was unknown. Trees grew as thick as hairs on a dog's back. And farms were free for the taking.

Describe the results of the Gadsten purchase of 1853

The us gained land south of the the Mexican cession for (10m)that rail road builders thought would be good for rail roads because it was flat

How did Mexico view savory in 1830

They outlawed slavery in Mexico in 1829

What started the Mexican-American war

When Congress voted to annex Texas, relations between the United States and Mexico turned sour. To Mexico, the annexation of Texas was an act of war. To make matters worse, Texas and Mexico could not agree on a border. Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its border on the south and the west. Mexico wanted the border to be the Nueces (new-AY-sis) River, about 150 miles northeast of the Rio Grande. On April 25, 1846, Mexican soldiers fired on U.S. troops who were patrolling along the Rio Grande. Sixteen Americans were killed or wounded. This was just the excuse for war that Polk had been waiting for.

Justfiable

able to be shown to be right or reasonable; defensible.

Territory

an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.

Who were the 5 civilized tribes and who called them that.

five groups, called tribes by whites: the Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole. Hoping to remain in their homelands, these Indians had adopted many white ways. Most had given up hunting to become farmers. Many had learned to read and write. The Cherokee had their own written language, a newspaper, and a constitution modeled on the U.S. Constitution. Whites called these Indians the "Five Civilized Tribes."

What was the trail of tears

mainly those who supported the treaty—left voluntarily. But most waited until the deadline of May 1838. At that point, an army of 7,000 U.S. soldiers surrounded Cherokee Territory. They forced the Cherokees out of their homes and into temporary camps or stockades. "The soldiers came and took us from home," one Cherokee woman recalled. "They drove us out of doors and did not permit us to take anything with us, not even a . . . change of clothes." Many Cherokees were held in the camps for months. Conditions were harsh. One missionary reported that the Indians "were obliged at night to lie down on the naked ground, in the open air, exposed to wind and rain, and herd[ed] together . . . like droves of hogs." Some Cherokees escaped and fled into the mountains, only to be captured by soldiers and returned to the camps. The march west began in the summer of 1838. It took place in several phases and along several routes. The first parties set out in June, traveling by land and river. But summer heat and drought conditions caused great suffering. The government decided to postpone further actions until fall. In October, the removals began again. The 850-mile journey west took several months. Although some Cherokees traveled in wagons or on horseback, most went on foot. One witness wrote, "Even aged females, apparently nearly ready to drop into the grave, were traveling with heavy burdens attached to the back—on the sometimes frozen ground . . . with no covering for the feet except what nature had given them." As winter took hold, conditions worsened. One wagon driver reported, There is the coldest weather in Illinois I ever experienced anywhere. The streams are all frozen over something like eight or twelve inches thick. We are compelled to cut through the ice to get water for ourselves and [the] animals. —Martin Davis, in a letter of December 1838 Several parties were held up by winter weather, unable to go forward for weeks on end. They suffered from exposure, disease, and starvation. These conditions were especially hard on children and the elderly. One woman recalled that "there was much sickness and a great many little children died of whooping cough." Many Cherokees were buried along the trail. Finally, in the spring of 1839, the last of the groups arrived in Indian Territory. By that time, some 4,000 Cherokees—around a fourth of all those removed—had died. The survivors would call this journey Nu-No-Du-Na-Tlo-Hi-Lu, or "The Trail Where They Cried."