apush western expansion

what time period is western expansion?

1830-1848 (mexico gains independence-we win Mexican American war and gain California)

what were leading factors for western expansion?

- enforce monroe doctrine

- property

- resources

- manifest destiny

what are the three G's found in California?

gold, God, glory

what did the Americans use as a justification for aggressiveness going west?

Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny

justification for going west; belief that God wanted Americans to control all North America

what was competition with Mexico over?

possessions in the Western Hemisphere that gained independence from Spain

Santa Fe Trail

allowed trade between US and Mexico

why were fur traders pushed out west and what did it lead to?

overaggressive hunting of beavers; it led to blending of cultures

What did the Oregon Trail lead to?

an area jointly occupied by the Americans and British

why did the women pioneers have very hard lives?

the men did not consult them before moving west and they had to care for the family on the road

John Sutter

A European California trading post on whose land gold was found

the donner party

a group of western travelers who went got snowed in and resorted to eating eachother

John Fremont

pathfinder of the west

who made up most of the Texan population?

anglos or texians (american settlers and their slaves) and tejanos (hispanic texans)

goliad

Texas outpost where American volunteers, having laid down their arms and surrendered, were massacred by Mexican forces in 1836

Sam Houston

Commander of the Texas army at the battle of San Jacinto; later elected president of the Republic of Texas

(1836) Final battle of the Texas Revolution; resulted in the defeat of the Mexican army and independence for Texas

battle of san jacinto

what settled boundaries in the Northeast

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

old hickory

James K. Polk

what did James K. Polk aim to do?

get rid of the 3rd bank, annex texas, gain california

Buchanan-Pakenham Oregon Treaty

resolved the joint occupation by the Americans and the British in 1846

what caused the outbreak of the mexican-american war?

texas border dispute

why were people opposed to the mexican-american war?

- war of empire and slavery

- whether it was an attack on american soil or not

how was Zachary Taylor similar to Andrew Jackson?

both used victory to be president

the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo

the United States received the territory from California to New Mexico in return for giving Mexico $15 million in compensation

horace greely

wrote liberator