Presidents of the Republic
This president served twice.
Who is Sam Houston?
A conflict between Texas officials and a Comanche peace delegation.
What is the Council House Fight?
Texas became the 28th state in this year.
What is 1845?
Fighting broke out in disputed territory between this river and the Rio Grande.
What is the Nueces River?
This happened first: Texas Annexation or Mexican-American War?
What is Texas Annexation?
This president launched the Santa Fe Expedition.
Who is Mirabeau B. Lamar?
Lamar attempted to control this trade route with his expedition.
What is the Santa Fe trade route?
Northern states opposed annexation because Texas allowed this.
What is slavery?
The war between the U.S. and Mexico lasted from 1846 to this year.
What is 1848?
Put in order: Border Dispute, Mexican-American War, Compromise of 1850.
Border Dispute → Mexican-American War → Compromise of 1850
This president is known as the “Architect of Annexation.”
Who is Anson Jones?
This paper money was issued during Lamar’s presidency.
What are redbacks?
The United States delayed annexation partly to avoid war with this country.
What is Mexico?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This event happened last: Annexation, War, or Compromise of 1850?
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This president wanted peace with Native Americans and reduced debt.
Who is Sam Houston?
Mexico still claimed Texas after independence, leading to tension over this issue.
What is the border dispute?
This U.S. president was in office when Texas was annexed.
Who is John Tyler?
As a result of the war, Mexico gave the U.S. land reaching this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This president was elected before annexation was finalized.
Who is Anson Jones?
His policies increased Texas debt and included issuing redbacks.
Who is Mirabeau B. Lamar?
This river was claimed by Texas as its southern border.
What is the Rio Grande?
Annexing Texas upset the balance between these two types of states.
What are slave states and free states?
This large land transfer from Mexico to the U.S. is known as this.
What is the Mexican Cession?
Put these in order:
Anson Jones elected, Annexation, Mexican-American War, Compromise of 1850
Anson Jones elected
Annexation
Mexican-American War
Compromise of 1850