ANDREW JACKSON & MOVING WEST
Andrew Jackson
7th president 1829-1837 Democratic-
Republican “Old Hickory”
Cherokee Nation
Indian Removal Act 1830
Relocated Natives to lands West of the Mississippi
Paid Natives to move to Indian Territory Land set aside specifically for relocation
Indian Territory
Cherokee Nation
Refused to give up land in GA 1832 – Federal troops marched
Cherokee westTRAIL OF TEARS Many suffered from exposure,
disease and starvation, many died. including 4,000 of the 15,000 relocated Cherokee.
Indian Reservations are still common today.
Moapa Band of Paiutes of Nevada
War with the Spanish
Spanish wanted people to settle land in Texas
By 1830, Texas had more Americans than Spanish
Santa Anna – president of Mexico
Refused to sell to US and stopped immigration and trade
Battle of the Alamo
Battle of the Alamo
1836 Americans barricaded inside mission Held off Mexicans for 12 days Mexicans attacked, wall collapsed – killed
everyone inside “Remember the Alamo”
Remember the Alamo!
Texas Independence
1836 Treaty signed with Santa Anna Created Texas Independence
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Feb 1848 Mexican Cession – California/New Mexico
$15 million
Gadsden Purchase
1853 – US paid Mexico $10 million for the strip of land To expand the railroads
California Gold Rush
Discovery of GOLD in CA 1848 BOOMTOWN! Towns sprung up overnight
in N. CA – growth of San Francisco Only lasted a few years, but had
huge effects on CA. 1850 – CA applies for statehood