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27 Cards in this Set
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Treaty of Velasco |
Document signed by Santa Anna after the Battle of San Jacinto |
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Houston's presidential policies |
Peace with Indians, be annex to US, not concern with education |
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Lamar's presidential policies |
Kill Indians, remained a country, improve education |
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Issue of public debt |
Major challenge of Republic of Texas |
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Texas Congress sets aside public land for schools and univeristies |
Goal of Lamar for improving education |
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Houston's failed peace policy with the Native Americans |
One focus of Lamar's campaign for the president of Texas |
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Land claimed by both Texas and Mexico |
Reason Mexico was concerned by Texas joining the US |
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Political advantage to slave states |
Reason Senate opposed Texas annexation in 1844 |
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Presidential victory of James Polk in 1844 |
Reason Texas annexation was sped up |
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Belief that the US had the right to settle North America |
Manifest Destiny |
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German investment companies |
Group that sent German immigrants to Texas |
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Native Americans from reservation raiding settlements |
Reason Texans opposed the federal reservation system |
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Conditions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
Boarder with Mexico solved, US gained the Mexican Cession, US paid Mexico $15 million |
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Land between the Nueces River and Rio Grande |
Land claimed by both Mexico and Texas |
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Gulf of Mexico |
Location of invasion into Mexico by US |
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Sectionalism |
Focus on what would benefit a region rather than the nation |
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Slavery in the territories |
Issue that separated the North and South before the Civil War |
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Popular Sovereignty |
When citizens choose whether territories would adopt slavery |
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High tariffs |
Opposed by Southern states because it would raise the cost of imported goods |
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Majority of Texans supported this |
Succession from the US and joining the Confederacy. |
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Texans living in the North and West |
Regions with the highest number of Texans that opposed succession |
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African Americans living in Texas |
People that supported the Union with the belief the North would end slavery |
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Refused to take oath of allegiance to the Confederate States |
Sam Houston |
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Many Texans choose this option over submission |
Succession over submission |
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Richmond, Virginia |
Capitol of the Confederacy |
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People Ulysses Grant thought would be good soldiers |
African Americans |
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treaty of annexation rejected, joint resolution passed, era of Early Statehood begins |
Correct order of events regarding Texas annexation |
