The Age of Jackson Manifest Destiny Texas War

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The Age of Jackson Manifest Destiny Texas War with Mexico California 100 100 100

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This campaign strategy became widely used during the Election of 1828, as candidates tried

This campaign strategy became widely used during the Election of 1828, as candidates tried to ruin each other’s reputation by spreading rumors and lies about the other, such as cartoons of Jackson attacking civilians and rumors of Adam’s selling a girl to the ruler of Russia.

What is Mudslinging?

What is Mudslinging?

“To the victor belong the spoils!” This practice of replacing government employees with the

“To the victor belong the spoils!” This practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate’s supporters began with Jackson, as he said that a new set of federal employees would be good for democracy.

What is the Spoils System?

What is the Spoils System?

This is the term the south used for the tariff that Congress placed on

This is the term the south used for the tariff that Congress placed on imported manufactured goods from England in 1828, in order to make American made goods cheaper and more desirable in the States. This angered the South because they did not manufacture goods; it only resulted in fewer choices for southern purchasers.

What was the “Tariff of Abominations? ”

What was the “Tariff of Abominations? ”

This term has been used by states, when they feel a federal law is

This term has been used by states, when they feel a federal law is against state interests, and they individually vote to cancel the law. Vice President John C. Calhoun and other southerners used the threat of secession, or breaking away from the union, as they passed their own cancelling law to defeat the “Tariff of Abominations. ”

What was Nullification?

What was Nullification?

Due to his contempt for rich private bankers, Jackson ignored another Supreme Court decision

Due to his contempt for rich private bankers, Jackson ignored another Supreme Court decision and removed all federal funds from this, which led to the Panic of 1837 and an economic depression of dropping land values, investments and bank failures.

What was the National Bank?

What was the National Bank?

This idea was defined best by newspaper editor, John O’Sullivan, as he declared that

This idea was defined best by newspaper editor, John O’Sullivan, as he declared that the United States was clearly destined by God to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean; for the South, that meant slave-based agriculture.

What was Manifest Destiny?

What was Manifest Destiny?

This idea came up every time a state felt its rights or interests were

This idea came up every time a state felt its rights or interests were being challenged by a federal law. It was an especially prevalent threat from southern states when laws were made about taxes, tariffs, and antislavery, which did not benefit the South.

What was Secession?

What was Secession?

This 2, 000 -mile journey, traversed by 5, 000 American settlers in prairie schooners

This 2, 000 -mile journey, traversed by 5, 000 American settlers in prairie schooners (covered wagons) from the Mississippi River Valley to the Willamette Valley south of the Columbia River, forced the question of ownership of this territory with a British population of only 700.

What was the Oregon Trail?

What was the Oregon Trail?

Newly elected Democratic President James K. Polk ran on the slogan “Fifty-four Forty or

Newly elected Democratic President James K. Polk ran on the slogan “Fifty-four Forty or Fight, ” which was a call for making a United States Oregon border at the 54. 40 parallel. Britain permanently settled for a border at the 49 th parallel in this treaty.

What was the Treaty of 1846?

What was the Treaty of 1846?

Receiving a Spanish land grant for recruiting 300 American families to settle in Texas,

Receiving a Spanish land grant for recruiting 300 American families to settle in Texas, this empresario later became a proponent and leader for Texas independence from the new nation of Mexico.

Who was Stephen F. Austin?

Who was Stephen F. Austin?

This mission became the starting point for Texas Independence, as Texas settlers pushed Mexican

This mission became the starting point for Texas Independence, as Texas settlers pushed Mexican troops out of San Antonio. General Lopez de Santa Ana personally led the fight against the rebels, killing all in the Alamo including Davy Crockett.

What was the Alamo?

What was the Alamo?

After claiming dictatorship of Mexico, this former general and president personally led the fight

After claiming dictatorship of Mexico, this former general and president personally led the fight against Texan Independence, killing every man at the Alamo and angering Americans into all out war.

Who was General Lopez de Santa Ana?

Who was General Lopez de Santa Ana?

During the siege on the Alamo, this was declared by Texan leaders, American settlers

During the siege on the Alamo, this was declared by Texan leaders, American settlers and tejanos, as they drew-up a new constitution at Washington-on-the-Brazos to establish the Republic of Texas.

What was the Texas Declaration of Independence?

What was the Texas Declaration of Independence?

Nominated commander in chief of the Texas forces, this previous governor of Tennessee captures

Nominated commander in chief of the Texas forces, this previous governor of Tennessee captures General Lopez de Santa Ana in the Battle of San Jacinto, forcing Santa Ana to sign the Treaty of 1836 giving Texas independence.

Who was Sam Houston?

Who was Sam Houston?

Texas became known as this, after Houston is elected president of Texas and U.

Texas became known as this, after Houston is elected president of Texas and U. S. President Andrew Jackson refuses his request to be annexed into the United States. Jackson did not want to upset the balance of slave and free states.

What was the Lone Star Republic?

What was the Lone Star Republic?

This Southern Democrat won the 1844 presidential election on the wave of growing support

This Southern Democrat won the 1844 presidential election on the wave of growing support for Manifest Destiny and the call to annex Texas and the Oregon Territory. He began by signing the 1845 annexation bill that officially made Texas a state.

Who was James K. Polk?

Who was James K. Polk?

This disputed border river became the tool for President Polk to conquer the California

This disputed border river became the tool for President Polk to conquer the California and New Mexico Territories. Due to Mexico’s refusal to honor Santa Ana’s surrender and forfeit of Texas, a fight was easily provoked by Polk to get Congress to declare war on Mexico.

What is the Nueces River?

What is the Nueces River?

After taking Santa Fe without of shot, General Stephen Watts Kearny continued across the

After taking Santa Fe without of shot, General Stephen Watts Kearny continued across the deserts to this coastal Mexican state, nicknamed this, after the bear on the flag of the Americans who captured Sonoma, north of San Francisco. Kearny arrived just in time to quell the last uprising of Californios in San Diego in 1847.

What is the Bear Flag Republic?

What is the Bear Flag Republic?

After General Winfield Scott defeated Mexican forces and took Mexico City, this treaty gave

After General Winfield Scott defeated Mexican forces and took Mexico City, this treaty gave up all claims to Texas at the Rio Grande and ceded California and New Mexico to the United States. The U. S. paid $15 million.

What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

In 1853, the United States finished its mainland territorial expansion with this $10 million

In 1853, the United States finished its mainland territorial expansion with this $10 million purchase to build the Southern Pacific Railroad. The deal with Santa Ana almost included Baja California plus a few more Mexican states for $38 million.

What was the Gadsden Purchase?

What was the Gadsden Purchase?

In 1848, James Marshal found gold in the South Fork of the American River

In 1848, James Marshal found gold in the South Fork of the American River in California, while building a new sawmill for this land owner. The secret soon got out, and by the end of 1848 they had taken $6 million out of the river.

Who was John Sutter?

Who was John Sutter?

This term was given to the nearly 100, 000 gold-hungry people who came to

This term was given to the nearly 100, 000 gold-hungry people who came to California in 1848 -1849 from all over America, Mexico, South America, Europe, Australia, and China.

Who were Forty-niners?

Who were Forty-niners?

Due to the frenzy of land claims in California, this law set up a

Due to the frenzy of land claims in California, this law set up a group of officials to review land ownership rights, requiring Californios to prove their claims to land with official documents. Those with no proof lost their land to prospectors.

What was the Land Law of 1851?

What was the Land Law of 1851?

Because boomtowns and the countryside were generally lawless with no police, prisons, or courts,

Because boomtowns and the countryside were generally lawless with no police, prisons, or courts, these concerned citizens formed committees, taking the law into their own hands to exercise the power of police, judge, jury, and sometimes executioner.

Who were Vigilantes?

Who were Vigilantes?

From this California settler couple, John first made a large fortune after befriending John

From this California settler couple, John first made a large fortune after befriending John Sutter and later turned to large agriculture endeavors like Bermuda grass and the casaba melon. Annie pursued the education of Native Americans living around their mansion, as well as women’s suffrage in California after meeting Susan B. Anthony.

Who were the Bidwells?

Who were the Bidwells?