(Lecture 17) The West and the Problem of Slavery Flashcards
What is the Lone Star Republic?
Texas
who made a deal with Mexico for 300 families to move into Mexican territory in 1821?
Moses Austin
Who was Moses’ son?
Stephen Austin
How many settlers had moved to ‘Texas’ by 1825?
30,000
What was the obvious divide between the settlers and Mexico?
Protestants and Catholics
When and why was Stephen thrown in jail?
1833 (Mexico City).
for trying to bargain to keep slavery
who was the Mexican dictator?
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
When did the Texans declare a provisional govt?
1836
who was the Texan army leader?
Sam Houston
did the Texan Constitution protect slavery?
yes
why was it hard for Texas to join the Union?
Missouri Compromise meant no more slave states and they had no free states ready to join
who recognised the independent republic of Texas on his last day in office?
Jackson
How many immigrants to Texas in next 10 years?
100,000
Which President allowed Texas to join Union?
John Tyler
What was the Overland Trail?
Path west
used to go to Oregon
$600 cost, stopped the poor
6 months
How many made the trip west between 1820 and 1867?
350,000
What was the problem with the trail?
through NA lands
NA’s sometimes attacked the wagons
when did the federal govt agree to pay the Indians compensation?
1841
Who was Tyler before President?
Harrison’s VP
What was the issue that Tyler ran against?
annexation of Texas
what did the south think about the annexation of Texas?
that it would block the expansion of slavery
who did Tyler back once he left the running?
Polk
What was Polk’s platform?
seizure of Oregon from Britain, annexation of Texas and California
when was manifest destiny coined?
1844
what was the manifest destiny about?
a divine mission of spreading freedom and democracy wherever it went
When was Texas admitted?
1846 as Iowa was admitted as a free state
When was Oregon divided?
1846
When was the Mexican-American war?
1846-47
What was the Wilmot Proviso (1846)?
Barred slavery from Mexican land acquisition.
position of anti-slavery but not pro-slave.
Argued free whites couldn’t compete with slave system.
what did anti-slavery advocates argue?
slavery could continue in south but couldn’t expand west
what was the Bear Flag Republic?
California from 1847
Mexico City defeated
When was the California Gold Rush?
1849
How many went to California by boat for gold?
25,000
What was California’s population in 1849 and 1860?
14,000 to 380,000
Who moved to California?
New-Englanders, Chinese, Irish, Mexicans, AAs
what percentage of female Californians in 1850 were prostitutes?
20%
What was the Compromise of 1850? (4 components)
California a free state.
Utah and New Mexico federal territories with popular sovereignty.
Slave trade banned in D.C.
Passage of new, national fugitive slave law.
who passed the Compromise in 1850?
Zachary Taylor
