War w/ mexico & aftermath
Who built Fort Texas
Zachary Taylor and his troops
most popular crop in texas
cotton
Who wrote Uncle Tom's cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
what party was founded in 1854
republican
When did congress declare war on Mexico?
May 13th 1846
3 towns that grew largely
Houston Galveston Marshall
What nickname did Kansas get?
Bleeding Kansas
main goal of the new oarty
to stop slavery
What's the Mexican Cession?
Mexico gives up all claims to Texas and 1/3 of their land
Exact number of how many mex-americans lived in texans in 1850
14,000
What's popular Sovereighty?
it decided who be free/slave and people would chose
why did dred scott want to be free
because he had lived in free states while being a slave
What's a Secede?
To withdraw from the U.S
who was an important mexican american
Lorenzo de Zavala & Santos Benavides
How did it nullify the missouri comprimise
the people could chose if they'd be free states or slave
Abe lincolns polititcal rival
Steven Douglas
What political party was strongest in Texas at the begining of statehood?
Democratic
Exile defenition?
forced to leave the country
who was fighting in the senate
Charles sumner denounced calling out Andrew Butler
Did john brown win
no