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26 Cards in this Set
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One of the first Texan United States Senators
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Sam Houston
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the American general who moved his troops across the Nueces River to the Rio Grande
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Zachary Taylor
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person sent to negotiate payment for damages to the property of Americans in Mexico
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John Slidell
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Strongly opposed to the extension of slavery
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Republican
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What had to be written in order to set up the state government?
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a constitution
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Mexican American mayor of Laredo
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Santos Benavides
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A famous German surgeon in Texas
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Ferdinand Herff
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The first person elected governor of Texas
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J. Pinckney Henderson
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Mexican American interpreter during the Republic and statehood periods.
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Luis Sanchez
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gernerally represented farmers and laborers
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Democratic
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army scouts during the war with mexico
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Texas Rangers
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What were the major problems facing the new state of Texas?
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debt,Native American raids, Mexico's failure to recognize annexation
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which political party represented commercial and business interests in the 1830's and 1840's?
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Whig
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Which political party wanted to restrict immigration?
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American
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What action taken by the U.S. government in 1845 insulted the government of Mexico?
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the annexation of Texas by the U.S.
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Before the constitution was amended in 1850 who chose the judges for Texas courts?
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the governor
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What did the U.S. gain in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
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all territory from Texas to the Pacific Ocean
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What did Texas give up as part of the compromise of 1850?
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land in New Mexico
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Where were the first battles of the Mexican War?
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Palo Alto & Resaca de la Palma
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What factors allowed U.S. forces to overwhelm their Mexican opponents during the war?
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better equipment, better leaders
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About how much did the population of Texas increase between 1847 and 1850?
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50%
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How did settlers obtain land under the Homestead Law?
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living on the land
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In 1850, where did two-thirds of the Mexican Americans in Texas live?
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between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande
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What caused negative feelings against Mexican Americans in Texas?
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memories of the Texas Revolution
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Which was the largest group of European immigrants in Texas in the 1840's and 1850's
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Germans
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ESSAY
What were the causes of the Mexican War? |
1) Mexico never recognized Texas' independance or Texas' annexation by the U.S.
2) Mexico claimed the Nueces as the boundary between Mexico and the U.S.; Americans claimed the Rio Grande was the boundary 3) Americans had property damage claims against Mexico (from the Texas Revolution); Mexico refused to pay the damages 4) The U.S. wanted to buy the land from Texas to the Pacific; Mexico refused to sell |
