7th History
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- One of the first Texan United States Senators
- Sam Houston
- the American general who moved his troops across the Nueces River to the Rio Grande
- Zachary Taylor
- person sent to negotiate payment for damages to the property of Americans in Mexico
- John Slidell
- Strongly opposed to the extension of slavery
- Republican
- What had to be written in order to set up the state government?
- a constitution
- Mexican American mayor of Laredo
- Santos Benavides
- A famous German surgeon in Texas
- Ferdinand Herff
- The first person elected governor of Texas
- J. Pinckney Henderson
- Mexican American interpreter during the Republic and statehood periods.
- Luis Sanchez
- gernerally represented farmers and laborers
- Democratic
- army scouts during the war with mexico
- Texas Rangers
- What were the major problems facing the new state of Texas?
- debt,Native American raids, Mexico's failure to recognize annexation
- which political party represented commercial and business interests in the 1830's and 1840's?
- Whig
- Which political party wanted to restrict immigration?
- American
- What action taken by the U.S. government in 1845 insulted the government of Mexico?
- the annexation of Texas by the U.S.
- Before the constitution was amended in 1850 who chose the judges for Texas courts?
- the governor
- What did the U.S. gain in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
- all territory from Texas to the Pacific Ocean
- What did Texas give up as part of the compromise of 1850?
- land in New Mexico
- Where were the first battles of the Mexican War?
- Palo Alto & Resaca de la Palma
- What factors allowed U.S. forces to overwhelm their Mexican opponents during the war?
- better equipment, better leaders
- About how much did the population of Texas increase between 1847 and 1850?
- 50%
- How did settlers obtain land under the Homestead Law?
- living on the land
- In 1850, where did two-thirds of the Mexican Americans in Texas live?
- between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande
- What caused negative feelings against Mexican Americans in Texas?
- memories of the Texas Revolution
- Which was the largest group of European immigrants in Texas in the 1840's and 1850's
- Germans