Chap 8

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Chap 8

• Religion and Reform during the 1800s

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• I. Societies changes
• A. Issues
• 1. Overcrowding, Illiteracy, Immigrants
• 2. Mormons-- 1844 Joseph Smith killed, Brigham
  Young leads to Utah.

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• B. Public school movement (Horace Mann)
• 1800s public schools.

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Chap 9

• Expansion and Gold Rush

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• I. Nationalism
• Manifest Destiny
• John O Sullivan God given right to move
  from coast to coast

Mountain Men
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• B. Heading West
• 1. Santa Fe and Oregon Trail

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• C. Texas
• 1822, Stephen F. Austin est. first colony.
• 1835, Texas declares independence from Mexico.
  (Lone Star Republic)

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• 3. March 1836, 189 defenders inside the old
  mission

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• 4. Gen. Santa Anna had over 4000 troops.

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• D. Independence
• 1. March, 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, Sam Houston
  defeats Santa Anna.
• 2. Sam becomes 1st President of Texas

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• E. Mexican-American War
• 1845 Texas annexed
• Border dispute with Mexico over Rio Grande River.
  

President James Polk takes office in 1845.
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• 3. 1848, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends war,
  gains 1.2 million square miles.
• 4. 1849, Gold rush in California
• 5. 1853, Gadsden Purchase creates a southern
  route for the railroad.