Americans began moving into Texas in the 1820s

§Americans began moving into Texas in the 1820’s and brought their slaves with them. §War fought by Texans against Mexico because they believed their rights had been violated. §Won by Texans in 1836 and requests to enter the U. S. Texas War of Independence

Texas War of Independence §Texas became its own country with Sam Houston president, 1836 to 1845.

§Texas entered as a U. S. state in 1845. §One cause of the war with Mexico in 1846. Texas War of Independence 1

• James K. Polk, Democrat • President from 1845 to 1849 • Responsible for the Manifest Destiny • Expansionist • Mexican War acquired Mexican Cession and completed U. S. control of the continent from ocean to ocean Picture/Polk

Oregon dispute • Treaty with Great Britain in 1846 • President Polk campaign slogan was 54, 40 or fight… • Compromised with British and divided the Oregon Country at the 49 th parallel

• American belief that U. S. would control the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Picture/M. Destin y

KEY EVENTS • Pioneers Trek West • California trail • Oregon trail • Mormon’s trail • Gold discovered • Gold Rush Picture/M. Destin y

Mexican War

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • Mexico ceded the Mexican Cession to U. S. • Rio Grande River boundary between U. S. and Mexico • U. S. paid Mexico $15 million

Map expansion

The Compromise of 1850 Henry Clay Presented it: 1) Congress would admit California as a free state. 2) The people of the territories of New Mexico and Utah would decide for themselves whether slavery would be legal. 3) Congress would abolish the sale of enslaved people in Washington D. C. 4) Slavery itself would remain legal in Washington D. C. 5) A Fugitive Slave Act would order citizens of the US to assist in the return of enslaved people who had escaped from their owners. • It would also deny a jury trial to escaped slaves.

ABOLITIONISTS RESPOND §Denounced by Abolitionists §Harriet Beecher Stowe’s, Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published §Abolitionists refuse to enforce the law §Underground Railroad becomes more active