Which President???
Sam vs Lamar
Sam vs Lamar
Worked to reduce debt
SAM HOUSTON
Mexico agreed to the southern border of the Rio Grande.
EFFECT
Allows citizens to choose leaders to represent them.
REPUBLICANISM
Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing the law?
EXECUTIVE
Which individual below set aside land for public schools during his administration and is considered the Father of Education?
MIRABEAU LAMAR
Opposed Annexation to the U.S.
MIRABEAU LAMAR
James K. Polk wanted to fulfill the ideas of Manifest Destiny.
CAUSE
The power citizens have to vote.
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
Power to make Laws..
Contains Congress...
Congress= House of Representative (HOR) & Senate
LEGISLATIVE
What do the U.S. and Texas Constitutions have in common?
BILL OF RIGHTS
Favored annexation to the United States
SAM HOUSTON
U.S. soldiers camped in the disputed territory near the Rio Grande
CAUSE
Texans elect legislators to write and pass state
laws.
REPUBLICANISM
Which issued concerning Texas worried the president the MOST before annexation?
SLAVERY
Which did the U.S. hesitate to annex Tx at the beginning?
Hint: Mexico
IT WOULD PROVOKE A WAR WITH MEXICO
Initiated a war against the Cherokee
MIRABEAU LAMAR
Officials on both sides signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
EFFECT
A community has the power to hold an election to decide whether to allow a new law.
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
Finish the order of events
Mexico gains Independence- Texas gains Independence
What happens next?
TEXAS ANNEXATION
Westward Expansion = what?
MANIFEST DESTINY
Name the U.S. president and Texas president at the time Texas was annexed to the U.S.
ANSON JONES - REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
JAMES K POLK- U.S
The tension over disputed territory between the U.S. and Mexico along the Texas border led to what war?
a. Texas vs Mexico War
b. US/ Mexican War
B. US/ MEXICAN WAR
Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States; and the maintenance of our free institutions and the perpetuity of the Union depend upon the preservation of the right of local self-government unimpaired to all the State.
Simpler terms: The sharing of powers between state and national government is.......
FEDERALISM
Which of the following statements BEST describe the principle of individual rights?
A. The Constitution states that no member of the U.S. Congress may hold an office in the state of Texas.
B. The Texas Constitution contains a Bill of Rights.
C. The Constitution states that Texas is a free and independent state.
D. The Texas Constitution allows only the legislature to propose new laws.
B. THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION CONTAINS A BILL OF RIGHTS
The Constitution is a living document, meaning changes can be made to it whenever necessary. This is an example of -
THE AMENDMENT PROCESS