1. Texas History Spring semester examination review

2. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas

3. annexation The process of one country taking over part or all of another

4. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas Sam Houston The first president of the Republic of Texas

5. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas Lamar The second president of the Republic of Texas

6. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas Washington-on-the- Brazos The town where Texas declared its independence from Mexico

7. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas Anson Jones The Texas president who gained Texas’s annexation into the U.S.

8. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas What was the main cash crop in Texas cotton

9. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas What caused people to move to Texas and where did they originate from? Americans came for cheap land

10. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas What were the reasons that Americans did not want to annex Texas at first? Americans didn’t want war with Mexico Many Americans opposed slavery Debt Native Americans on the frontier

11. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas What problems did Sam Houston and Lamar face as president of Texas? Mexico Indians The issue of annexation Texas’s debts Problems with the Texas army

12. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas Why did Sam Houston try to cut government spending? To reduce Texas’s debts

13. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas What was each Texas president’s position on annexation? Houston and Jones favored annexation Lamar opposed annexation

14. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861

15. Cession The granting of land by one country to another

16. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 Manifest Destiny The belief that the U.S. had the right and duty to expand to the Pacific Ocean

17. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 popular sovereignty Allowing states to decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery

18. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 veto To prevent the passage of a law

19. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 judiciary The branch of the government that resolves legal disputes and hands out justice

20. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 James Pickney Henderson The first governor of Texas

21. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 James K. Polk President of the United States from 1844 - 1849

22. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 In the southern border dispute of Texas, where did Mexico say was their border and where did the U.S. say the southern border of Texas was? Mexico ~ Nueces River U.S.~ Rio Grande

23. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 What was the Compromise of 1850? Set the western border of Texas

24. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 What year did Texas (annex) become a state? 1845

25. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 What was Manifest Destiny? Who was the President of the U.S. at the time? The god-given right for the U.S. to go from sea to shining sea James K. Polk

26. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 Who did Texas model the states constitution after? The United States of America

27. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? Ended the Mexican American War Mexico recognized Texas as part of the U.S. and the Rio Grande as the border

28. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 What led Germans to immigrate to Texas and why did they want to establish colonies in Texas? A better life for themselves and their children; farmland Cheap land

29. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 What hardships did Henri Castro’s colonists face in Texas? Poor soil and lack of farming techniques

30. Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861 What other people from other countries came to Texas? What reasons brought them to Texas? People came looking for cheap land and to escape problems at home… – The U.S. – Mexico – France – Sweden/ Norway – Ireland – Poland – Hungary/ Czechoslovakia