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Market Revolution
9.1
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Capitalism
Entrepreneurs
New Inventions
Vulcanized Rubber – Charles Goodyear
Sewing Machine
Communications
Telegraph
What is that?
Transportation
Canals
Railroads
Offered speed
Operate in winter
Brought things to people that live inland
Northeast became center of commerce and shipping
Manifest Destiny
9.2
American Mission
1840’s America began moving west
They believed moving west and south was their destiny
and ordained by God.
1845
United States Annexed Texas
Believed they were supposed to move to the Pacific and
Mexico
Black Hawk War
Black Hawk believes in a Prophecy – Early 1830’s
Prophecy convinces him to lead a rebellion against the
U.S.
Started in Illinois and spread to Wisconsin Territory
Ended in August 1832 when Illinois Militia members
slaughtered more than 200 Sauk and Fox people
Fort Laramie Treaty
Called Cheyenne, Arapaho, Sioux, Crow, and others
1851
Treaty provided Control of Central Plains to Indians
Native Americans promised not to attack settlers
Santa Fe Trail
780 Miles from Independence Missouri to Santa Fe
New Mexico
Gathered in groups of 100 wagons
Oregon Trail
Ended in Portland Oregon
Mormons
Travels on Oregon Trail
Joseph Smith
C.J.C. L.D.S. in 1830
Moved in 1847 after Smith was killed
Brigham Young was successor
9.3
Expansion in Texas
Early Missions
Spanish Roman Catholics tried to convert natives
Missions declined after Mexico gained independence.
Tried to force natives into unpaid labor
Comanche swept through Texas terrorizing people
Mexico Invites Settlers
Land grants
Encouraged U.S. Citizens to settle to prevent native
attacks and thieves
Americans had to pledge to obey Mexican laws
Problems
Tensions grew over cultural differences
Mexico had abolished slavery & tried to make Texas a
free state
Mexico placed a heavy tax on American imports
Mexican Politics became unstable
Santa Anna suspended the Mexican Constitution
Alamo!
Texas wanted to be self governed
Santa Anna gathered 4,000 person army
Texas drove Mexicans from the Alamo
Santa Anna ended up destroying the small force
Texas
Texans struck back
Killed 630 Mexicans in 18 minutes
Captured Santa Anna
Republic of Texas formed from Treaty of Velasco
1838 U.S. was invited to Annex Texas
Problems arose with fear of slavery
War with Mexico
9.4
Slidell’s Rejection
1844 Santa Anna was ousted from presidency
1845 John Slidell was sent to Mexico to purchase
California and New Mexico
Mexican officials refused to see him
Zachary Taylor was sent to the Rio Grande
Wanted to spark aggression from Mexicans
Attitudes towards War
Volunteers lined up to fight
Many opposed war
Slavery became the issue if Texas was taken
Northerners opposed the War
Beginning of the War
A party of soldiers was sent into Mexico
Mexico responded by sending troops to the Rio
9 soldiers were killed
Polk asked congress to declare war
Said U.S. troops were killed on U.S. Soil
War was declared
Manifest destiny could be blamed
Marching West
Stephen Kearny was send to New Mexico
Crossed 800 miles of nothing
Army was met by citizens wanting to join the Union
California
1846 American settlers declare independence from
Mexico
Kearny quickly chased away Mexican troops
The War
Mexicans tried to defend their own soil
Had very poor leadership
U.S. had excellent commanders
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
The War Cont.
President Polk schemes with Santa Anna
If U.S. helps him back he will end war
Santa Anna lies and attacks the U.S. forces at Buena
Vista
He loses
General Winfield Scott
Made an amphibious landing
10,000 men, 200 ships, and 67 ferry boats
Completed in less than 5 hours
Covered 200 miles and captured Mexico City
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Feb. 2nd 1848
Mexico agreed to Rio boarders
Gave away New Mexico and California
U.S. gave 15 million for Nevada, California, New Mexico,
Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming
Gold!
Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill
People rushed to find gold
Migration
400 people in 1848-44,000 in 1850
Impact
Gold Fever
San Francisco became center
1849 population goes over 100,000
Gold Brought diversity
Chinese
Free Blacks
What to do when it wanted state hood?