Unit 3: Westward Expansion
Mexico 
Native Americans
Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson
Manifest Destiny
Mexico Ananxetion of Texas
Mexican American War 1846-1848
-Mexico and the United States agreed to make Texas the 28th state in 1845
- keeping slavery legal was a must
American troops were sent there by President Polk
Mexico is angry about Annaxetion of Texas
Mexican President Santa Anna tells President Polk he will end war peacefully but he was joking
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
officially ends the Mexican-American war
Mexico gives New Mexico and California to America
the 19th century belief that the united states would inevitably expand westward to the pacific ocean and into Mexican territoty
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Slavery
Triangle Trade
the system of trading that brought slaves to the American colonies in exchange for good
British brought slavery to America during the 16th century
12.5 million slaves were brought to the America
10.5 million