Vocabulary Pt. 1
Ratify
To approve formally
Armistice
Republican Party
Which position of the Whig party weakened their support in Texas in the mid-1800s.
Opposing slavery in the Western territories
What reason did President Polk give Congress when he requested a declaration of war?
Mexico had shed American blood on American soil
What is a census?
An official count of people living in an area
What is payment for damages and suffering.
Reparation
Who thought slavery should be allowed in all territories?
Southern Democrats
Claims to the land between the Nueces and the Rio Grande.
After the war what happened to the Mexicans living between the Nueces and Rio Grande?
They became Texans and Americans
Referring to the decades before the Civil War
Antebellum
land set aside for Native Americans
Who campaigned against the annexation of Texas?
Whig Party
Who were most of the new immigrants in the mid-1800s.
Immigrants from Southern States.
What happened to the Mexican citizens living in the Mexican cession according the the Treaty of Guadalupe?
They could become U.S. citizens
What is a Joint Resolution?
A statement passed by both houses of a legislature that has the force of the law.
What is an Envoy?
a person who is sent by one government to represent it in dealing with another government.
Believed in Nativism?
Know-nothing Party
What was the chief position of the Know-nothing party?
Limiting Immigration
What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief in the U.S. in the 1800s that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Nativism?
biased toward or favoring the interests of Native-born American citizens.
Believed each territory should set its own policies on slavery?
Northern Democrats
What step was taken by the government to protect Texans from Native Americans?
Move Native Americans to reservations