Government
This branch makes laws
Legislature
The party most Texans belonged to
Democratic
The two rivers in the border dispute
Rio Grande & Nueces River
Treaty that ended the war Mexican-American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
To Change Means?
To Amend
What does the word Amend mean?
To change
This party represented farmers and laborers
Democratic Party
U.S. president during the Mexican-American War
President Polk
Amount the U.S. paid Mexico
$15 Million
A meeting to choose candidates
Convention
A meeting of delegates of a political party to form policies and select candidates
Convention
This party represented business and commercial interests
The Whig party
This man was sent to negotiate with Mexico
John Slidell
What action did Polk do that directly resulted in fighting between United States Forces and the Mexican army was?
He ordered to move troops across the Nueces River
A person who wants to end slavery
Abolitionists
Who was the Governor of Texas when the civil war began?
Sam Houston
Founder of the Democratic Party
Thomas Jefferson
One of the first members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
David Kaufman
The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended what war?
Mexican-American War
What does the word Cession mean?
Transfer of land from one country to another
An organized body of people having the power to make laws
Legislature
Thomas Jefferson was the founder of what party?
Democratic Party
Zachary Taylor captured what city from Mexico
Monterrey
What did Mexico Cede?
This land included all of modern California, Nevada, and Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming
Transfer of land from one country to another
Cession