Annexation
If you were in favor of annexing Texas, what might've been your reasoning?
Gain military protection, help with debt, use U.S. currency, and expand westward.
What was the outcome of the Mexican-American war?
U.S. gained more land.
This was the belief that the United States would expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast.
Manifest Destiny
How did the Compromise of 1850 affect Texas?
It gave Texas their final political borders.
In what ways did the European immigrants influence the culture of Texas?
Traditions/holidays, food, and music.
What are the two rivers Texas and Mexico have a boundary dispute over?
The Rio Grande and Nueces
What was the first event that started the Mexican-American War?
The Mexicans attacked the U.S. troops in South Texas.
The act of obtaining or gaining possession.
Acquisition
(Ex: The U.S. gaining land from Texas)
How did the Compromise of 1850 help determine which states were free and slave states?
Congress would let the people determine by using "popular sovereignty".
What is a pull factor that brought immigrants to Texas in the 1840s?
There were economic opportunities, religious freedoms, and cheaper land.
Why did the Texas population increase significantly in the 1850s?
Immigrants established new settlements.
How did the U.S. achieve Manifest Destiny?
We gained a vast amount of land through the Mexican Cession.
Giving up property or territory.
Cession or Ceded
Give one reason why the geographic region would attract immigrants.
Natural resources and fertile soil.
What are some push factors we've talked about that made us want to leave our European homes?
Failed Revolution, lack of natural resources, less freedoms, sickness, poverty, famine, etc...
What were some reasons the U.S. was against the annexation of Texas.
Texas was in debt, the were a slave state, and it would cause a war with Mexico.
What was significant about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
It ended the Mexican-American War and Mexican cession was bought for $15 million.
In Mexico Cession Mexico ceded California to the U.S.
What does ceded mean?
To give up.
Why did Texas let the U.S. buy their land during the Compromise of 1850?
To pay off their debt.
What was the largest European group to come to Texas?
Germans
What did the U.S. fear would happen if Texas was annexed?
It would upset the balance of slave vs. non slave states and start war with Mexico.
If President Polk says "American blood has been shed on American soil." What do you think Mexico's view of this was?
That that was not true, that the blood was shed on Mexican soil.
What word best describes this list?
The annexation process must be approved, a new constitution is adopted, resolution is passed by both Senate and House of Representatives.
Joint Resolution
After annexation, Texas did not have a president anymore. What was the leader of Texas called?
Governor.
What region of Texas did most immigrants settle in?
Coastal region.