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Westward Expansion
Time Line ... 1830 Mexico bans American immigration to Texas and bans slavery in Texas
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Westward Migration
Westward Migration In 1776, the United States had occupied a broad strip of land along the Atlantic coast; by 1840, the nation had expanded halfway across the continent. In 1845, magazine editor John O’Sullivan put into words what many Americans had been ...
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The Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, the Mexican government began actively enticing Americans to move to Texas, offering them land at low prices. The Mexicans wanted Americans to settle Texas for two reasons. First, the ...
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The Mexican War
The Mexican War In 1844, Democrat James K. Polk, former governor of Tennessee, was elected president on the basis of his campaign promise to annex Texas. Henry Clay and James Birney, Polk’s opponents, ignored the issue of Texas in their campaigns. Polk won ...
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The Election of 1848
The Election of 1848 When Texas applied for admission to the United States as a slaveholding state, Congress once again had to debate the disturbance of the balance of power. The legislators compromised once again, admitting Texas as a slave state but also ...
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California Gold
California Gold At first, the western territories acquired from Mexico had no organized governments. Congress was too busy debating the issue of slavery in these territories to turn its attention to other issues of government. This changed abruptly when the ...
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The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 California’s application for statehood in 1850 threw Congress into turmoil. Southern leaders refused to consider admitting another free state into the United States. They did not want the balance of power disturbed unless it was going ...
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The Indian Frontier
The Indian Frontier During this period, Indian Territory comprised most of the vast region known as the Great Plains. The U.S. government had guaranteed that the Indians had title to this land in perpetuity. However, U.S. expansion westward soon made the ...
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Westward Expansion Practice Test
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