Constitution of 1845
What delegates used as a guide to write the Constitution of the State of Texas of 1845
What is the U.S. Constution ?
Texas was annexed because of Manifest Destiny. What is Manifest Destiny?
The United States’ belief that it should own all the land from coast to coast
This invention increased slavery by increasing the demand on cotton
What is the cotton gin?
Immigrant group influenced the name of Texas towns like New Braunfels and Fredericksburg
What is The Germans?
Protects the individual rights of Texans
What is the Bill of Rights?
The President who sent US Troops to the disputed area and sparked the US-Mexican War
Who is President James Polk?
This led to the debate over the expansion of slavery in the US
What is the United States acquiring more land in the Mexican Cession?
This city had the largest trade route in Texas
What is Galveston?
This ended the U.S-Mexican War
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ?
Captain of the Texas Rangers
Who is Jack Coffee Hays?
Made it a crime t help runaway slaves
What is the Fugitive Slave Act ?
This group of people introduced kolaches to Texas
Who are the Czech?
The only group of people allowed to vote according to the Texas Constitution
Who is white males over 21?
These Mexican territories were lost to the US in the Mexican Cession
What is Utah, California, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
Texas received $_______ to give up parts of
its western and northern territory to New
Mexico
What is $10 million
Cheap land and economic opportunities
What is reasons immigrants came to Texas?
The new constitution supported the development of ________
What is public schools?
River Mexico claimed to be the US/Mexico Border
Western territories could _____ on becoming
a free or slave state
What is vote?
Who are the Irish?