APUSH UNIT 5

_ _ is the belief that Americans had a god-given right to expand throughout the entire US (atlantic -> pacific)

What were the reasons for westward expansion?

• Americans needed more access to minerals/natural resources

• New economic + homestead opportunities

• Religious refuge (mormons in Utah)

• Spread democracy + capitalism (american beliefs)

Sam Houston rebelled against Mexican rule and claimed _ as an independent republic.

The mexicans won the battle at the _ against the texans but texans made a strong stand against mexico- crying "remember the _"

Sam Houston and his texan army beat the mexicans at the Battle of San Jacinto and signed a treaty for independence, but was not recognized as a US state because

• US officials didn't want to provoke war with mexico (who still claimed Texas as their territory)

• Slavery divided the states and the balance in the senate would be threatened

President _ believed that most americans wanted to annex Texas so he admitted Texas into the Union in 1845.

President Polk sent General Zachary Taylor and troops to be stationed at the Rio Grande, to intimidate Mexico and trick them into firing. They did and Polk declared the _-_ war in 1846.

What were effects of the Mexican-American war?

• Land resulting from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexican Cession + Gadsen Purchase (1/2 of Mexico is seeded to the US)

• Training ground for the civil war

• Unpassed-Wilmot Proviso-any land gained from Mexico will be ANTI-SLAVERY (Turning point for abolition)

The _ Compromise promised the Southern economy + rights (to own slaves) would be protected

The _ _ movement was made of Whigs and Northern Democrats and wanted new land to be anti-slavery. (only because west was for whites)