ANDREW JACKSON & MOVING WEST

Andrew Jackson

7th president 1829-1837 Democratic-

Republican “Old Hickory”

Cherokee Nation

Indian Removal Act 1830

Relocated Natives to lands West of the Mississippi

Paid Natives to move to Indian Territory Land set aside specifically for relocation

Indian Territory

Cherokee Nation

Refused to give up land in GA 1832 – Federal troops marched

Cherokee westTRAIL OF TEARS Many suffered from exposure,

disease and starvation, many died. including 4,000 of the 15,000 relocated Cherokee.

Indian Reservations are still common today.

Moapa Band of Paiutes of Nevada

War with the Spanish

Spanish wanted people to settle land in Texas

By 1830, Texas had more Americans than Spanish

Santa Anna – president of Mexico

Refused to sell to US and stopped immigration and trade

Battle of the Alamo

Battle of the Alamo

1836 Americans barricaded inside mission Held off Mexicans for 12 days Mexicans attacked, wall collapsed – killed

everyone inside “Remember the Alamo”

Remember the Alamo!

Texas Independence

1836 Treaty signed with Santa Anna Created Texas Independence

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Feb 1848 Mexican Cession – California/New Mexico

$15 million

Gadsden Purchase

1853 – US paid Mexico $10 million for the strip of land To expand the railroads

California Gold Rush

Discovery of GOLD in CA 1848 BOOMTOWN! Towns sprung up overnight

in N. CA – growth of San Francisco Only lasted a few years, but had

huge effects on CA. 1850 – CA applies for statehood