unit 3: western expansion
Annexation of texas
Annex- incorporate a territory into an existing political country.
Mexican- American war 1846 - 1848
Angry about the annexation of Texas, Mexico would attack american troops along the Rio Grande.
presidents
Mexican American war
president james polk
Treaty of guadalupe-Hidalgo 1848
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Slavery
Triangle Trades
system of trading that brought slaves to the american colonies exchange for goods.
Social reforms
who protects the workers
texfile workers - mostly children aged 13-16 - made 27 cents an hour
woman
in 1899 a woman made an average of 267 a year - average of man made 500