Crash Course: Westward Expansion

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The Mexican government granted land to Americans in order to encourage

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Economic development

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Slavery was allowed in Mexico

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False

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Santa Ana, the Mexican military leader decided to assert control over American settler using

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military force

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The battle call _______________ became one of the centerpieces of Texas Revolution after a famous battle.

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Remember the Alamo

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The US initially ignored Texas because

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Texas was a slave state and that would upset the balance of states.

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Why was slavery an issue as the US expanded?

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There was a political need to keep a balance between slave and free states in the US Senate.

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Which state was NOT purchased from Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo? California, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma

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Oklahoma

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The earliest "Nativist" American political party was known as the

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Know-Nothings

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Why could California not apply for statehood until after the Gold Rush?

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There were not enough white, English speaking settlers.

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The first California constitution limited political participation to

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Whites