When a topic has to do with GEOGRAPHY, what historic topic is it best described as?
Nature / Environmental
When a topic has to do with PEOPLE, what historic topic is it best described as?
Social
When a topic has to do with GOVERNMENT, what historic topic is it best described as?
Political
When a topic has to do with MONEY, what historic topic is it best described as?
Economic
Negative factors that cause people to migrate are called what?
Push Factors
Positive factors that cause people to migrate are called what?
Pull Factors
Name a group of immigrants known for building the Transcontinental Railroads in Texas
Chinese / French-Cajun
People who move from their motherland to a new country in search of better opportunities are called what?
Immigrants / Migrants
After what war did immigration to Texas greatly increase in the 1800's?
The Mexican American War
Name a reason why Texas was annexed by the United States:
debt, security, military issues, national identity, manifest destiny, slavery
What social / political movement in the United States stated that it was the American responsibility to expand westward?
Manifest Destiny
This Treaty ended the war between Texas and Mexico in 1836
Treaty of Velasco
Texans had poor relations with what Native American tribe during the Republic Era?
the Comanche