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- who did the people say that tyler should refer to?
- clay and webster
- clay said that he was going to force what on tyler?
- his agenda
- what did clay always call tyler?
- mr. vice president
- what was clay's desire to get?
- a third bank of the us
- clay said that if tyler destroyed the bank, then he would
- destroy him
- tyler didn't destroy his bank then he could get
- anything passed for him
- clay said that he would be tyler's allie if he
- signed the bank in.
- did tyler sign it or veto it?
- veto.
- what did clay do after tyler vetoed the bank?
- he destroyed tyler and all he cared about.
- how many bills did jackson veto on his desk?
- 12
- jackson vetoed more legislation than..
- any other president
- who did jackson stand up to?
- the supreme court and congress.
- jackson stayed vague on
- the issues.
- jackson energized...
- people who didn't care to come out and vote.
- thousands traveled to see...
- their hero
- what is laissez faire
- even though jackson hurt the economy, everything he did was the will of the american people.
- what was jackson dieing of?
- renal failure
- what were his regrets.
- race horse bet. never hanging calhoun as a traitor. not shooting clay.
- what type of lumbermen came in the the us.
- canadian.
- what did the lumbermen come to do. and where?
- cut down trees in maine
- what did americans have to do in order to stop the border conflicts?
- send armies into maine.
- what border siputes did the webster ash burton treaty settle with britain?
- maine and minnesota. and made oregon joint territory.
- there was a desire for americans to head
- west
- who was offered money to move 300 american families to texas?
- moses austin
- when did moses die?
- 1821
- who asked the government to fulfill father's contract?
- stephen f. austin.
- mexicomexico wins war with who? and takes over what?
- spain. texas
- mexico apposed and started to abolish what?
- slavery
- what lured people to texas?
- cheap land and the ability to bring slaves
- what did coahuila y texas do?
- combined to offset anglo dominance in texas?
- anglos weren't
- loyal
- many texans shunned converting to
- catholicism
- what were the 3 problems in mexico.
- religion politics slavery
- what year did mexico outlaw slavery?
- 1824
- what did mexico tell texans that they could have their slaves as?
- indentured servants
- what was the system of indentured servants known as?
- defacto slavery
- who was santa anna? and what was he known as
- the president of mexico. the defacto dictator
- mexico closed which border?
- tx/us
- in 1830 mexico enforced a border in order to stop
- us/texas immigration
- santa anna believed slavery was...
- wrong
- government sent troops to recapture what?
- the cannon
- did they get the cannon? why/why not?
- no because people shot at them
- washington on the brazos was the city where texas leaders
- came together to talk about revolting.
- america held refuge where?
- the alamo
- did enough troops come to help americans in the alamo?
- no
- who was put in charge of the texas army? who did he serve with?
- sam houston. served with jackson
- houston took the armies where, and to do what?
- east, to hide them and train them.
- on march 6, 1836 what happened?
- the alamo fell to santa anna
- people of where tried to do what?
- goliad tried to stand up to santa anna
- what was the only reason santa anna stopped?
- because his officers asked him to.
- texas made a surprise attack and overwhelmed the mexican army at the battle of...
- san jacinto
- what happened to santa anna at the battle of san jacinto?
- he was captured.
- sam houston forced santa anna to do what?
- sign documents stating that texas won independence and that mexico recognized their independence.
- what does texas claim as their boundary?
- the rio grande.
- what does mexico say the boundary is?
- the nuecess river
- who is the new president of texas?
- sam houston
- what kept texas out of the us?
- slavery
- did texas want to be a republic? did they want to be in the us?
- no. yes.
- who became tylers new secretary of state?
- upshur
- what did upshur have congress convinced of?
- bringing texas in as a state.
- who became tyler's new secretary of state after upshur died?
- calhoun
- what did calhoun think about slavery?
- that it was a positive institution
- what are northerners starting to say about slavery?
- that it's evil
- why did calhoun think that texas needed to be admitted
- because it was for the positive good of slavery and westward expansion
- who was the whig party nominee in the election of 1844? and who spoke to him prior? about what?
- clay. van buren. keeping texas annexation and slavery out of the election
- who was the democratic nominee in the election of 1844? why?
- james k polk. people didn't want van buren in because of the panic
- what did polk have a deisre to do?
- expand westward
- was polk known before the election?
- no, he came out of nowhere.
- what were the 3 things polk said he'd do?
- 1. annex texas. 2. get what he could of oregon. 3. get california
- what was the idea that he had?
- manifest destiny...
- what was manifest destiny...?
- a religious term referring to expanding westward
- what were the 3 reasons for manifest destiny?
- land trade foreign influence
- what was the only reason that the liberty party ran?
- opposition to slavery
- what did clay change his opinion on
- the support of texas annexation
- who won the election of 1844? who lost?
- polk won clay lost
- did congress agree to texas annexation?
- yes
- what was the deal with polk and the oregon question
- polk offered half of oregon the the british at the 49 degree mark. british refused and said that they'd do the 42 degree mark. so polk made another offere of 54/40 and he'd use the army to back it up. the british settled at 49 degrees.
- what were 2 causes of the mexican war?
- border disputes. (rio grande/nuecess river) california.
- would mexico discuss anything with polk? what did he take that as?
- no. an insult
- how did polk attack?
- by using a 3 prong attack
- how did polk have them set up?
- from the west and the center. then one group would come in on a boat.
- zachary taylor marched from where to where? to do what? did they respond?
- rio grande to mexico. to put pressure on mexico. no they didn't respond.
- which direction did the mexican army march?
- north.
- polk wants congress to
- call war.
- winfield scott had howm any armies in position?
- 3
- polk forced zack taylor's army to what? why? what does he fear for?
- come to a hault. he was getting too much publicity. the presidency
- what happens to half of taylor's troops?
- they're transported.
- what happens to the government of mexico?
- it's dissolved.
- who becomes mexico's new leader?
- santa anna.
- what did santa anna have to accept?
- that california had been lost
- what did the us army have on their side?
- geography
- where would the mexica army have to attack from?
- the front.
- what did jefferson davis do? was he ever wounded? what did he do so that he could command his troups?
- -manned the frontlines. -several times -stabalized himself against a rock.
- what hapened to henry clay junior?
- he died at the battle of buena vista.
- zack taylor becomes what? and what does this bring him? why?
- -a legend -more publicity -he won a miracle fight
- who will be pres in next election?
- taylor
- war with mexico is the proving field for which officers? and showing that they'll be leaders where?
- -grant-lee -stonewall jackson. -mcclellan civil war.
- what happens in 1847?
- the us captured mexico city.
- what did the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo do?
- -ends the war -border dispute with texas is over -gives us states (mexican session)
- what did the us do at the end of the guadalupe hidalgo?
- gave mexico 10 million dollars
- winning the war was like a "dose of arsenic" because...
- of the issue of slavery
- in the northeast... -what was business like? -what was industrialization like? -what was immigration like? -what was urbanization like?
- -business was booming. banking, loaning. nyc and wall street. -make more products in bulk. could make own guns. -people came for jobs because all of the work in the south was done by slaves. would propose them to fight in us army (esp. 18 year olds, to support family) - city growth, steel, wives and children worked in factories
- in the north west... -did the great lakes region have business like the northeast did? -was there slavery? -what was the dominant way of making money? -what did the transportation link? -what was the only different between itself and the south? what
- -no -no -aggriculture -northwest to the north east -slavery -railroads -yes
- what did cyrus h. mccormick do?
- made the mechanical reaper.
- did southerners buy the mechanical reaper? why?
- no. they had slaves to do it.
- the homestead law was passed because free farmers of the northwest felt that the government should offer...
- free soil and free land with no slaves.
- the south... -relied on what? -what percentage of people owned at least 1 slave? -what were their main crops?
- -aggriculture. -25% -rice, sugar, COTTON.
- who invented the cotton gin?
- eli whitney
- what did slavery keep the south from doing?
- embracing change.
- what didn't the south embrace?
- industry.
- what did hinton r. helper do write about?
- how backwards they were and that they needed to realize that they were underdeveloped.
- where did slaves first arrive? when?
- jamestown. 1619.
- by 1700 there were more _____ than ____
- slaves than frees
- virginia law stated that whites where what? blacks were what?
- whites were frees. blacks were slaves.
- what was the mentality of the free people...if they freed slaves then they'd
- kill them
- what was slavery the key to?
- southern economy.
- was slavery profitable for individuals?
- yes
- was slavery profitable from a regional standpoint?
- no
- if someone was defiant...
- they'd get beaten.
- what was the meaning of chattel property?
- someone else owns you.
- what percentage of slaves were picking cotton? what did the rest do?
- 85 % the other 15 % were specialized workers (house servants)
- what did the slaves wear? how many pairs did they get? when?
- burlap clothes. 1 in winter. 1 in summer.
- where did slaves live? what was it like?
- in slave quarters? one big room.
- what did slaves eat?
- corn. pigs. cheap food.
- their owners were to keep them...
- alive and working.
- what 3 things gave them the strength to endure.
- family religion music
- loyal servants were what? rebel servants were what?
- house servants. field workers//victims of brutalization.
- most slaves would just try to...
- survive.
- what was their room to endure?
- the evenings were theirs after dark.
- what was meant by the term "a troublesome property"
- saves had to be constantly monitored and beaten.
- the south would vote for you if you defended...
- the institution of slavery
- during this, mail would get censored. college professor said that the republican party was a way of good and was fired. barns would catch on fire, no one knew why. people tought it was a family from illinois so they wrecked their farms
- texas troubles
- abolitionists did this...
- attacked and said slavery was wrong.
- racists said...
- that's the way that it was supposed to be.
- religionists argument was that...
- this was god's plan so slaves had a chance at salvation.