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22 Cards in this Set
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James K. Polk
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from Tennessee
Democratic nominee for President in 1844 favored annexation and westward expansion |
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John Tyler
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U.S. President
southerner favored annexation |
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Hardin Runnels
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Ran for governor in 1857 against Sam Houston and won
wealthy cotton plantation owner unable to deal with conflicts between settlers and Indians lost to Houston in 1859 |
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Manifest Destiny
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The idea that the U.S. was meant to expand across North America
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Thomas J. Rusk
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President of the Convention of 1845
He had helped write the constitution of the Republic of Texas in 1836 |
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Jose Antonio Navarro
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The only Tejano delegate and the only native Texan to serve at the convention of 1845
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biennial
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every two years
state legislature met in biennial sessions |
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James P. Henderson
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Texas's first governor
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Elisha M. Pease
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elected as governor of Texas in 1853
active popular governor who supported education won a second term in 1855 |
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Jane McManus Cazneau
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Columnist
helped turn northern opinion in favor of annexation |
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Democratic Party
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*Represented farmers, small business owners
*Popular in the south *Favored Texas annexation *Most Texas leaders joined the democratic party |
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political issues for annexation of Texas to the U.S.
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Slavery- North didn't want Texas to enter as a slave state but the south did
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Reducing public debt
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Texas sold land to Wyoming, U.S., Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico (WUCON)
1845- $10 million 1850- $12 million by 1855 the debt was gone |
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political parties in Texas
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Democratic Party
Whigs Republican Party Know-nothing Party |
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Corporations
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Companies that sell shares of ownership to investors to raise money
They needed the legislatures permission to operate their right to operate could be taken away if they used unfair business practices |
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New Texas legislature
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African Americans, American Indians, and women could not hold office or vote
Only white men 21 years or older could vote. |
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Whig Party
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*supported banking and large business interest
*opposed Texas annexation *party collapsed when members divided over the slavery issue |
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political issues for annexation of Texas to the U.S.
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North felt it would shift the power of Congress toward the South
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political issues for annexation of Texas to the U.S.
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U.S. would have to pay the debt of Texas
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political issues for annexation of Texas to the U.S.
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Global relations with Britian (fear that Britian had too much power in Texas) and Mexico (fear that Mexico would want to go to war over Texas)
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Republican Party
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*formed by Northern Whigs when their party collapsed
*opposed slavery *little support in Texas |
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Know-Nothing Party
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*supported slavery
*wanted to keep immigrants and Catholics from holding public office *quickly failed |
