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what does cede mean? (mexico ceded its northern territory to the u.s. for 15 million dollars) |
to give up territory. |
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what is the fugitive slave law? |
the law requiring runaway slaves to be returned to their owner |
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what is the manifest destiny? |
the belief that the united states should expand across the continent from the atlantic to pacific ocean |
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who was the first governor of the state of texas? |
james henderson |
hunger james |
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when texas was annexed, it was the __ state of the u.s. |
the 28th |
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which year was texas annexed? |
1845 |
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the texas rangers were to guard what during the republic? and who were they protecting it from? |
guarded the frontier and protected it against raids by the native americans |
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the united states and mexico were fighting over the land between which two rivers? |
the land between the nueces and rio grande |
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when the US and mexico fought over land, it lead to what? |
to war 1846 |
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the mexican government believe that which river separated them from texas? |
the nueces river |
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which river did the texans think was the official boundary? |
the rio grande was the official boundary they believed. |
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where were shots fired by the US and mexico? (before war) |
north of the rio grande |
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after the shots were fired, who declares war on mexico? |
united states, president polk |
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why did president polk want the u.s. congress to declare war on mexico? |
because american blood has been spilled on american soil |
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after the u.s. declares war, thousands of texans volunteer to serve in the military during the war. true or false? |
true |
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who led u.s. forces into land battles against mexico? |
general zachary taylor |
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who defeats santa anna? |
general zarchary taylor |
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which treaty ended the mexican war? |
the guadalupe hidalgo war |
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what were the results of guadalupe hidalgo? |
the mexicans gave up all claim to texas and mexico ceded california to the u.s. |
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what was the purpose of the compromise of 1850? |
it was to settle a dispute about the border between new mexico and texas |
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what happened to california in 1850? |
it was allowed to enter the u.s. as a "free state" |
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which law did the compromise of 1850 establish? |
the fugitive slave law |
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the compromise of 1850 ended slave trade in which state? |
washington dc |
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during the 1800s, the immigrants moved to texas because? |
they heard they could earn a good living, there was a great job opportunity there, and they wanted a better life |
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where did most texan immigrants arrive? |
sea port in galveston, texas |
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texas had more _____ immigrants then any other country. |
german |
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german immigrants settled in towns such as? |
new braunfels and frediricksburg |
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did the u.s. conquer mexico city? |
yes |
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how much did the u.s. pay mexico for their northern territory? |
15,000,000 dollars |
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who had to prove the annexation for texas? |
texas and united states government |
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two reasons against annexing texas? |
- u.s. annexing texas could spark a war with mexico - texas was a slave state |
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when was the manifest destiny? |
mid 19th century(mid 1800s) |
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why the manifest destiny? ( what did they get out of it ) |
- got to gain new land for u.s. - spread democracy - new individual economic oppurtunities |
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when was the guadalupe treaty signed? |
february 2, 1848 |
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are you going to get a 100? |
YES |
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