Chapter 14: Manifest Destiny
Chapter Outline
- The Tyler years
- Harrison’s brief beginning
- Tyler’s position on issues
- Domestic issues
- The clash between Clay and Tyler
- Tyler left without a party
- Foreign affairs
- Conflicts between Britain and the United States
- Settlements in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty
- Westward expansion
- Manifest Destiny
- Indian cultures of the West
- Nomadic hunters of the plains
- Farmers of the Southwest
- Other tribes
- Impact of white expansion
- The Spanish Southwest
- Spanish influences
- Mexican revolution
- Events in Europe
- Mexican independence
- The Northwest
- The fur trade
- Settlement in Oregon
- California
- Spanish settlement
- The Franciscan missions
- Relations with Indians
- Control
- Conversion
- Labor
- Indians
- Use of force and rebellions
- Confiscation
- Shippers and agents
- Movement west
- Trails west
- Santa Fe Trail
- Overland Trail
- Effects of journey west
- Hardships, work, disease
- Impact on Indians
- Effects on ecology
- Grass shortage
- Buffalo killed
- Drought
- John C. Frémont
- Involvements in Texas
- Settlements
- Stephen F. Austin
- Cotton
- Growing conflict
- Mexican opposition
- Demands for representation
- Santa Anna takes power
- Rebellion in Texas
- War for independence
- Battle of the Alamo
- Sam Houston
- Declaration of Independence
- Capture of Santa Anna
- Texas Republic
- Attempts to join the United States
- Slave state
- Separate republic
- Rejection by Senate
- Presidency of Polk
- Election of 1844
- Positions on Texas
- Polk’s victory
- Polk’s background
- Polk’s program
- Proslavery stance
- Reduction in tariff
- Independent treasury
- Geographic expansion
- Annexation of Texas
- Acquisition of Oregon
- The Mexican War
- Disputes with Mexico
- Polk’s provocation of an attack
- Opposition to the war
- Preparation for war
- Military units compared
- Nature of the warfare
- Development of a plan of action
- Selection of a commander
- The character of Zachary Taylor
- Annexation of California
- Creation of the Republic of California
- Steps to conquest by the United States
- Taylor’s battles
- Conquest of Monterey
- Polk’s suspicions and intrigue
- Battle of Buena Vista
- Scott’s conquest of Mexico City
- Amphibious attack on Vera Cruz
- Maneuvering to Mexico City
- Terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- The war’s legacy
- Human and financial costs
- Territory acquired
- A cluster of military firsts
- Impact on the nation
- Initial pride
- Transcontinental nation
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