I.     Reform Movements of the Early 19th Century

A. Religious Movements

1.   Second Great Awakening

2.   New Religious Groups

a)  Utopian Societies

b)  Shakers

3.   Non-Religious Utopian Communities

B. Other Early Social Reform Movements

1.   Temperance

2.   Education

3.   Women’s Rights

4.   Prison and Treatment of the Mentally Ill

5.   Abolitionism

II.  Texan Independence

A. Manifest Destiny

B. Americans in Mexican Texas

1.   Stephen Austin

2.   Problems

C. Remember the Alamo (1836)

D.  Goliad

E.  Battle of San Jacinto

F.  Republic of Texas

III.           The Mexican War

A. Election of 1844

B. Polk’s Goals

C. War with Mexico

1.   Annexation of Texas

2.   Advantages and Disadvantages

3.   Zachary Taylor at the Nueces

4.   Battle of Buena Vista (1847)

5.   Winfield Scott and Veracruz

6.   Victory at Mexico City

D. Bear Flag Republic

E.  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)

IV.         Western Expansion

A. Oregon Territory

B. Mexican Cession

C. Gadsden Purchase

D. Utah

E.  Gold Rush (1848-9)

F.  Effects of Westward Movement

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