Friday Oct. 30

Question 1

The Mexican War

Answer 1

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Question 2

Painting: American Progress

Answer 2

Shows Manifest Destiny

Question 3

Mainfest Destiny

Answer 3

• God ordained to move west
• can’t wait

-relate: When Aztecs empire falling down
explaining world around them.

Question 4

Two Conflicts: Texas revolution and Mexican War

Answer 4

Two views of conflicts:

Anglo Texans rights challenged by Mexican government ; right to rebel

Anglo went into Mexican territory; took land away form Mexico and couldn’t do anything about it

Question 5

Political strides in U.S. and Mexico

Answer 5

Sizable portions that is wrong to take land away from natives

Question 6

Empressarios settle Texas

Answer 6

Stephen Austin

• land grants
• Father was Moses
• settle large areas of today texas?
• Mexico lets them
• Austin brings in Anglo American (Empressarios)

Question 7

Issue for Anglo Settlers

Answer 7

Religion: convert to catholicism

• Force? NO
• Practice whatever or nothing

Question 8

Slavery:

Answer 8

• Mexico did not abolish slavery
• but abolish importation of slaves
• people would say they were indentured servants for life

Question 9

Fredonian Rebellion (1826 small)

Answer 9

Brothers (Edwards)

• move to land track, people living there
• Mexico court; favor in Mexican settlers
• Brothers revolt, rally Texas against Mexican government
• People did not help them
• Austin had volunteers to stop them
• offers money for land
• not loyal to Mexico

Question 10

Law of April 6, 1830

Answer 10

Attempt control, regain control

• Start raising alarm for anglos=anger them
• No importation of slaves
• Military garrison soldiers are put in places of Texas area

Question 11

Mexican Revolutionary Politics

Answer 11

• Centralists and Federalists (Mexico)
• Conflicting view of where country should go
• Constitution of 1824
• similar to American; very liberal
• Centralists seize power from Federalist (Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna) 1832 takes power
• He switches sides and disregards government to be a dictator
• those support constitution of 1824, go rebel against Santa Anna
• People in Texas and Northern part of Mexico go against Santa Anna

Question 12

Texas Revolution 1835-1836

Answer 12

Texas stands by constitution of 1824

• type of government they wanted.
• takes army and destroys rebellion
• Texas Left
• March 2, 1836; Texas declares independence (Sam Houston as commander)

Question 13

History Buffs v. Historians

Answer 13

Buff
-smaller facts (battles, reenactments)
-living like the time period
-excellent connectors of populus 
Historians 
-wide vocabulary;hard to understand get tenured; popular history

Question 14

Alamo (2004) film

Answer 14

film did good
box office failure (no love story)
Controversy: Crockett surrendered; Texans don’t surrender
Alamo facts: not built for artillery fire, well defended by cannons

Question 15

Back to Texas Revolution

Answer 15

Martin Perfecto de Cos meets with Santa Anna

• Anna marches north
• set to take out Alamo
• personal

James Bowie

• national hero
• Bowie knife
• during a fight, on ground stabs someone with the knife
• everyone wants one
• land speculator

William B Travis
-lots of debt= go to Texas (start over)

David Crockett

• Tennessee Congressman; backwood
• squatters rights
• national hero
• join volunteer at Alamo