Texas History Spring semester examination review.
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Texas History
Spring semester examination review
Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas
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 1845-1861
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861
• Cession • The granting of land by one country to another
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
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861
• popular sovereignty • Allowing states to decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861
• veto • To prevent the passage of a law
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861
• judiciary • The branch of the government that resolves legal disputes and hands out justice
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861
• James Pickney Henderson
• The first governor of Texas
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861
• James K. Polk • President of the United States from 1844 - 1849
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
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861
• What was the Compromise of 1850?
• Set the western border of Texas
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861
• What year did Texas (annex) become a state?
• 1845
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
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861
• Who did Texas model the states constitution after?
• The United States of America
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
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
Chapter 10/11: Statehood/ Immigration 1845-1861
• What hardships did Henri Castro’s colonists face in Texas?
• Poor soil and lack of farming techniques
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
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