HIST 2055 : Test 2 November 15 Notes
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The civil war had to do with the expansion of slavery, not necessarily the existence of slavery. The whigs were afraid that western expansion meant expansion of slavery: texas: whigs were afraid it would split into little states that would all be slave. Texas couldn"t be annexed into the union after the mexican-american war because there were not enough votes in congress: congress was made of mostly whigs. All the trails we used for settling west (oregon trail, santa fe trail) were indian trails: the santa fe trail passed through mexican territory, trails started in independence, missouri. Indian chief too: gets revenge for the alamo to santa anna and gains independence for. President polk, zachary taylor, and the mexican-american war: after the independence of texas, the texans requested annexation to president, he rebuffed it b/c the country was going through financial troubles.
