U.S.-Mexican War
This belief was the primary motivation to send troops into the disputed area, sparking the U.S.-Mexican War.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The delegates used this document as a guide when writing the Constitution of the State of Texas of 1845.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This immigrant group heavily influenced the names and traditions of Texas towns like New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
What is the German immigrant group?
This economic factor MOST contributed to the growth of the cotton industry in Texas during the mid-1800s.
What is the increase in demand?
This individual was a captain of the Texas Rangers and developed training for his men.
Who is Jack Coffee Hays?
This river was claimed by Mexico as the boundary separating them from the United States, which was a main cause of the war.
What is the Nueces River?
This document was added to the Constitution of the State of Texas of 1845 to protect the individual rights of Texans.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The presence of sweet and savory kolaches sold in many Texas towns is an example of the cultural influence of this immigrant group.
What is the Czech immigrant group?
The Texas Constitution permitted this practice, which is why Southern farmers felt comfortable bringing their enslaved people to Texas.
What is the practice of slavery?
This individual, along with Mary Maverick, was a notable Tejano figure during the Republic of Texas and Early Statehood eras.
Who is José Antonio Navarro?
This treaty officially ended the U.S.-Mexican War and required Mexico to cede a large amount of land to the United States.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Texas annexation, slavery, and the Compromise of 1850 are all identifying issues of this major era in Texas history.
What is Early Statehood?
This factor MOST motivated people from the United States and Europe to migrate to Texas in the mid-1800s.
What is the availability of cheap land?
By 1850, this city, located near the coast, was the most developed port and trading center in Texas.
What is Galveston?
This individual was the last President of the Republic of Texas and was responsible for turning over the government to the United States upon annexation.
Who is Anson Jones?
This territory was gained by the U.S. as an effect of the U.S.-Mexican War.
What is the Mexican Cession?
The primary cause for Texas to seek annexation to the U.S. following its independence, besides Manifest Destiny, was the need for this (financial and security).
What are public debt and security (from Mexico)?
The famine caused by the potato blight in their home country was the primary factor causing these immigrants to settle in Texas during the 1840s.
What are Irish immigrants?
This U.S. legislation required the return of runaway enslaved people and required Texas to surrender parts of its western and northern territory in exchange for money.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
As President, he favored peace treaties with Native American tribes and strictly limited government spending to work toward one major goal: the annexation of Texas to the U.S.
Who is Sam Houston?
This event, which involved the U.S. acquiring land in the Mexican Cession, intensified the debate over the expansion of slavery.
What is the the end of the U.S.-Mexican War?
This significant year marks the formal annexation of Texas into the United States.
What is 1845?
The practice of celebrating Quinceañeras across the state is an example of the cultural influence of people from this background on Texas.
What are Tejano/Mexican immigrants (or Hispanic/Latino culture)?
The cotton gin is a machine that quickly separates cotton fiber from its seeds; its impact on slavery was that it led to this effect on slave labor.
What is an increase in the demand for/reliance on slave labor?
Known as the "Father of Texas Education," his most controversial policy was aggressively driving out Native American groups and opposing this one goal of his predecessor.
Who is Mirabeau B. Lamar?