Texas History Spring semester examination review
Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas
annexation The process of one country taking over part or all of another
Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas Sam Houston The first president of the Republic of Texas
Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas Lamar The second president of the Republic of Texas
Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas Washington-on-the- Brazos The town where Texas declared its independence from Mexico
Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas Anson Jones The Texas president who gained Texas’s annexation into the U.S.
Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas What was the main cash crop in Texas cotton
Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas What caused people to move to Texas and where did they originate from? Americans came for cheap land
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
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
Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas Why did Sam Houston try to cut government spending? To reduce Texas’s debts
Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas What was each Texas president’s position on annexation? Houston and Jones favored annexation Lamar opposed annexation
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration
Cession The granting of land by one country to another
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration Manifest Destiny The belief that the U.S. had the right and duty to expand to the Pacific Ocean
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration popular sovereignty Allowing states to decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration veto To prevent the passage of a law
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration judiciary The branch of the government that resolves legal disputes and hands out justice
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration James Pickney Henderson The first governor of Texas
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration James K. Polk President of the United States from
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 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
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration What was the Compromise of 1850? Set the western border of Texas
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration What year did Texas (annex) become a state? 1845
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 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
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration Who did Texas model the states constitution after? The United States of America
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 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
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 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
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration What hardships did Henri Castro’s colonists face in Texas? Poor soil and lack of farming techniques
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 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