Don't Mess with Texas
President of Mexico in 1833
Who is Santa Anna?
Invented the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney?
Removed the remaining Cherokee by force in May 1838
Who is General Winfield Scott?
Growing quickly from a tiny village to a city
What is a Boomtown?
This law allowed the federal government to pay Native Americans to move west
What is the Indian Removal Act?
First President of the Republic of Texas
Who is Samuel Houston?
Created sturdy pants for miners made of denim
Who is Levi Strauss?
Nicknamed “The Liberator”
Who is Simon Bolivar?
Official count of a population
What is a Census?
Blocked slavery north of the line but permitted it south of the line
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Term used to identify early settlers of Texas, especially those who supported the Texas Revolution
Who are Texians?
Built the first steamboat with a powerful engine called the "Clermont"
Who is Robert Fulton?
Declared it was America’s ‘Manifest Destiny’ to extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean
Who is John O'Sullivan?
An extreme shortage of food
What is a Famine?
The forced relocation of some 15,000 Cherokee
What is the Trail of Tears?
Brought thousands of settlers to Mexican Texas from the United States
Who is Stephen Austin?
Got their name because they "clipped" time from long journeys
What are Clipper ships?
Proposed the Missouri Compromise
Who is Henry Clay?
Those who arrived in California in 1849
What are forty-niners?
US was clearly destined–set apart for a special purpose– by God to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny?
Agreement which established the withdrawal of Mexican troops from the State of Texas
What is the Treaty of Velasco?
Built the first steam-powered locomotive (train)
Who is Peter Cooper?
When he became president, he stated that he wanted to move all Native Americans to the Great Plains
Who is Andrew Jackson?
People who resist immigration
Who are nativists?
“North and South America are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.”
What is the Monroe Doctrine?