HIST 015A Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Wilmot Proviso, California Trail, Gadsden Purchase
13 Nov 2017
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Hist 15a lecture 15 american expansion during polk era: background: missouri compromise, balance of slave-free states, 36" 30 line, slavery extended into territories. Western migration: oregon trail, california trail, santa fe trail. President tyler and texas annexation: tyler alienates fellow whigs, ejected from party, tyler tries to use texas annexation to win 1844 presidency, congress rejects annexation. James k. polk and 1844 election: unknown until election, dark horse candidate, ties texas annexation with u. s. occupation of oregon territory, successful presidential campaign, 54" 40 or fight , tyler wins congressional approval for texas annexation. Treaty of guadalupe hidalgo: mexico relinquishes its new mexico and california territories, mexican-u. s. border established at rio grande river, gadsden purchase of 1853 completes u. s. expansion in north america. Fears influencing end of u. s. continental expansion: prejudice against mexico, anti-imperial sentiment, northern opposition to further extension of slavery. Mexican war"s impact on slave question: wilmot proviso, slavery prohibited in newly conquered territories, bill is defeated in congress.
