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TEXAS GAINS INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO
- President John Quincy Adams was willing to pay $1 million for the Mexican territory that is now _____________
- A few years later, President Jackson offered to pay _______________for the land
- In both cases, Mexico refused to sell
- Mexicans encouraged ___________________ to move into the territory
- The area was well suited to cotton growing so many planters brought their slaves to establish large cotton ________________
- By 1835, 20,000 Americans were living there as the Mexicans asked only that these people obey their laws
- In time, the Texans, as they called themselves, refused to obey the laws of Mexico
- Texans declared their territory independent of Mexico as they appointed _______________ as commander of the Texan army
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ALAMO AND GOLIAD?
- Antonio Lopez de __________________ was president and dictator of Mexico
- He organized 4,000 men and led them to San Antonio in February of 1836
- Santa Anna was met by a small army of Texans, led by Colonel ________________
- Santa Anna ordered the colonel to surrender but Colonel Travis moved his men into the Alamo, a rebuilt ____________
- They used the Alamo as a fort & after many days of fighting, the Texans in the Alamo were defeated
- Santa Anna made sure that every one of the Texans were killed including two famous westerners, Jim Bowie & ____________
- Santa Anna then moved his army to the town of Goliad & the Texans were defeated again
- Santa Anna had lost many soldiers in the two battles, nevertheless, he intended to defeat ________________ and win the war
HOW DID TEXAS WIN ITS INDEPENDENCE?
- Sam Houston ordered his Texan army to retreat slowly as Santa Anna pushed forward to the San Jacinto River
- "Remember the ______!" & "Remember Goliad!" were the Texans' battle cries as they attacked & defeated the Mexican army
- Santa Anna, who had been taken prisoner, agreed to give Texas its _____________________
- In October 1836, the new nation elected Sam Houston as its first President, & Texas became the ___________ of __________
THE 1836 ELECTION
- Andrew Jackson's second term as President was ending
- He persuaded the Democratic Party to nominate his Vice President, __________________________, for President
- Van Buren was an experienced, well-educated political figure
- During the eight years of Jackson's presidency, the National Republicans joined other groups to form the _______ ________
- Led by Henry Clay & Daniel Webster, the Whigs' strongest support came from the manufacturers & shippers in the Northeast
- They favored the renewal of the national bank charter, keeping high tariffs, and a strong _______________ _______________
- Van Buren told voters that he would follow the same approach that Jackson had used to govern the country
- A vote for Van Buren was a vote for _________________
- Van Buren won the election as he had the largest popular vote
- Van Buren had 170 electoral votes, and _____________ Whig candidates had a total of 113
WHAT CAUSED THE PANIC OF 1837?
- Trouble was waiting for President Van Buren when he took office in 1837
- The United States entered a depression, called the _______________ of ______________
- Many of the smaller banks that Jackson had favored over the Bank of the United States had become _________________
- They had used paper money that wasn't backed by gold or silver as some had given loans to people who never paid them back
- When word of the problems got out, people rushed to the banks to take out money deposited before the panic
- However, there was no money in those banks, & many ______________ ______________ as a result of this panic
- ____________ __________ on farm products and manufactured goods…as a result factories and mills closed
- New work on roads and canals came to a halt
- __________________ spread, especially in the Northeast as this depression lasted for several years
- Van Buren was unable to solve most the problems it created