Expansion and Slavery

Expansionand Slavery

1John Tyler #10Converted Dem Vetoed Bank, alienated Clay, Cabinet resignsSaid NO to internal improvementsNot asked back!!!

2Expansion IssuesBorders Webster-Ashburton Treaty settles question of Maines northern borderEast is set now moving west Adams-Onis Line3

American Progress

By George A. Crofutt c. 1873Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

6TexasStephen Austin & 300 settlers1830 20,000 Americans, 2000 slaves, few thousand MexicansTo purchase or not to purchaseCant trust those Anglos

7Remember the Alamo!Santa Anna the Napoleon of the West5,000 Mexican troops vs. 187Ten daysSam Houston

8GoliadSan Jacinto1836 Republic of TexasAnnexation issue

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10Oregon

11James K. Polk #111844 Whigs/Clay vs. Dem/PolkYoung HickoryOpposed tariffs and BankExpansionist 5440 or fight!

121845 Texas joinsFulfilled campaign promisesLowered tariffSaid no to internal improvementsAnnounced he wanted not only Oregon but the SouthwestCompromise reached with GBBack to Texas

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14War with MexicoWhich border? Nueces River or Rio GrandeWar never formally declaredZachary Taylor Hero of Buena Vista

15Winfield Scott Hero of Mexico CitySanta Anna loses again!Dissatisfaction with results N vs Polk

16Treaty of Guadalupe-HidalgoRio Grande is the southern borderNew Mexico and California ceded to US$15 million plus claims17

18CaliforniaJohn C. Fremont Bear Flag of the Republic of CAGold Rush 1848Missouri Compromise does not fit movement

19Congress could control slavery in the territories hence gag ruleWilmot Proviso all land in the Mexican Cession lands is free soilParanoia increases in Southpopular sovereigntyAllows Congress to avoid the issue

201848 Whigs/Taylor #12 vs. Dem/Lewis Cass vs. Free Soil/Van Buren1849 California asks to be admitted as a stateTaylor suggests CA decide on ownSouth feels betrayed21Compromise of 1850Great Compromiser3 young lions now old!Clay with Stephen DouglasCalhounWebsters March 7th SpeechSewards higher law22The CompromiseCalifornia = free stateMexican Cession = Utah and New Mexico w/pop.sovereigntyTexas western border and debts settledSlave trade ends in D.C.Fugitive Slave ActTaylor NO but Fillmore YES23

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