Key Terms Week 4 Coahuila y Tejas The state under Mexican control that was half Texas and half Coahuila Republic of Texas Revolution of 1836 joined the Union through Houston s manipulation U S Mexican War 1846 1848 Caused by Texas joining US gained land from Texas to California Wilmot Proviso 1846 provision that halts slavery in Mexican obtained territory Congress never approved Oregon Treaty 1846 Treaty with Britain that marked northern border Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 Mexico ceded California for 15 million Second Great Awakening Movement toward attaining heaven not predestination Burned Over District Area in New York during 2nd great awakening where everyone had converted Charles Finney Preached during Second Great Awakening for man s free will and self control transcendentalism transcending limits of intellect and allowing soul to control beauty was important Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Minister then started transcendentalism Henry David Thoreau another influential transcendentalist wrote books Bronson Alcot Teacher that influenced a new approach to teaching utopian movements created by transcendentalists one example was Brook Farm it failed the peculiar institution slavery it was unique to the south King Coton With textile mills in Europe cotton became expensive especially with cotton gin planters similar to aristocrats in Europe controlled economy 20 slaves small planters from 10 to 20 slaves not as big as planters yeomen Typical white southern farmer sometimes owned few slaves plain folk Didn t really own land they worked for others gang system vs task system gang people went into field and just worked all day task task was given when it was complete slaves were done free blacks in the south Still around just treated unfairly abolition blacks first in antislavery followed by Quakers Antelope case 1825 Court decided slavery was wrong but popular choice allowed it William Lloyd Garrison The Liberator 1831 antislavery paper later joined people who don t wear cotton American Anti Slavery Society 1831 created by Tappan led to Antislavery convention Elijah Lovejoy 1836 first white martyr of antislavery killed during attack on his antislavery press Amistad case 1839 Slave mutiny courts said slavery should be illegal World Anti Slavery Congress 1840 A British convention where ironically girls couldn t speak Lucretia Mot Another womens right activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton One of the women sent to worldwide antislavery convention Sarah and Angelina Grimke Anti slave activist sisters told antislavery was not for their gender so they started womens rights Lydia Maria Child activist for everyone s rights and Unitarian Seneca Falls Convention 1848 First convention for women s rights southern vs northern religion and slavery Southern religion split from northern over slavery South though it was ok and north disagreed Free Soil Party 1848 combination of anti slavery democrats and whigs westward movement caused by want for money and new lands Manifest Destiny Idea that it was the American destiny to take atlantic to pacific oceans Oregon Trail Trails to get to Organ territory from east to west multiple trails made to feed animals Gold Rush 1849 Stutter created fort in Sacramento and found Gold causing a rush Mormon Trail Deseret Mormons attempted to leave US and when US gained land wanted to create new state of Deseret Mountain Meadows Attacks on Mountain train that forced US to get involved Donner Party Tried to get to California but was caught in Mountains and cannibalized Compromise of 1850 attempted to settle all issues at once Fugitive Slave Act put penalties and rewards on escaped slaves for slave owners
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