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Chapter 14: Western Expansion and the Rise of the Slavery Issue

1821 Mexico wins independence

1823 First American settlers in Texas: Americans soon become the largest group in the province

1829 Mexico tries to abolish slavery in Texas: American slaveholders ignore the law

1830 Mexico attempts to halt American migration to Texas: fears of Americans in Texas intensify

Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church: despite persecution church recruits many members

1835 Texas Revolution: Texas declares its independence

1836 Santa Anna defeated at San Jacinto: Mexican control of Texas destroyed, Texas declares itself a republic

1841 Tyler becomes president: quickly breaks with Whig party

1844 Tyler’s Texas treaty rejected by the Senate

Polk elected president: committed to program of continental expansion

1845 United States annexes Texas: Mexico breaks diplomatic relations

1845-1846 Slidell’s unsuccessful mission: Polk fails to gain additional Mexican territory through negotiations

1846 War declared against Mexico

Oregon treaty ratified: U.S. acquires lower half of Oregon country

Wilmot Proviso introduced: movement to prohibit slavery from the western territories injects slavery issue into national politics

1847 Mormon migration to Utah

U.S. troops occupy Mexico City: defeat forces Mexico to accept American terms

1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: U.S. acquires large amount of territory from Mexico

Free Soil party founded: new antislavery third party makes it impossible for major parties to dodge the slavery extension issue

Taylor elected president: second Whig national victory

1849 Gold Rush: California quickly acquires sufficient population for statehood

1850 Nashville convention: southern moderates win control and reject secession

Taylor dies and Fillmore becomes president: threat of veto over the Compromise removed

Compromise of 1850 enacted: designed to settle all outstanding sectional differences

1850-1851 South rejects secession: southern public opinion accepts the Compromise as a final settlement of sectional crisis

1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin published: strengthens antislavery sentiment in the North

Pierce elected president

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