HIST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Southern Democrats, Slave Power, Party System
Document Summary
Second political party system: democrats and whigs: whigs, similar to the federalists, wanted the congress to have most power than the president, didn"t want expansion, democrats, similar to the democratic-republican, wanted expansion. Nationwide parties with sectional interests: southern democrats had different interests than northern democrats, same as the whigs, northern different from southern. Industrialization: similar to what federalists back then. Texians declare independence, war begins in 1835: was sick of how the mexican government was being run, so they wanted independent, mainly americans who migrated to texas. The alamo and san jacinto: alamo, a 13-day siege, the mexican led it in order to take the area over, san jacinto, decisive battle of the texas revolution. Democratic split on annexation: several refused to annex because they thought it was a way to start a war, some thought it was wrong to take a land from someone, others that it was fine.
