Texas Becomes a State
What meeting was held in 1845 where delegates wrote and approved a new Texas state constitution?
The Convention of 1845
What belief said the United States was meant to expand from coast to coast?
Manifest Destiny
What treaty officially ended the U.S.-Mexican War in 1848?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What invention cleaned cotton faster and increased the demand for enslaved labor?
The cotton gin
Which food introduced by Czech immigrants is still commonly sold in many Texas towns today?
Kolaches
Which document was used as a model when writing the Constitution of the State of Texas of 1845?
The United States Constitution
Which river did the United States claim was the border between Texas and Mexico?
The Rio Grande
What land did the United States gain after the U.S.-Mexican War?
The Mexican Cession
What law made it illegal to help runaway slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
What event in the 1840s caused many Irish immigrants to leave Ireland and settle in Texas?
The Irish Potato Famine
What section of the Texas Constitution was added to protect individual freedoms?
The Bill of Rights
Which river did Mexico claim was the border between Texas and the United States?
The Nueces River
What became the official border between the United States and Mexico after the war?
The Rio Grande
Why did southern farmers feel comfortable bringing enslaved people to Texas?
The Texas Constitution permitted slavery
What cash crop drove Texas’s economy in the mid-1800s?
Cotton
Who was allowed to vote under the Constitution of Texas of 1845?
White males over the age of 21
What event officially started the U.S.-Mexican War?
Mexican troops killed American soldiers near Brownsville
How much money did the United States pay Mexico as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
$15 million
How did Texas benefit from the Compromise of 1850?
Texas received $10 million for giving up land
What city became Texas’s largest port and trading center by the 1850s?
Galveston
Which important Tejano leader was the only native Texan delegate at the Convention of 1845?
José Antonio Navarro
What Texas Ranger helped the U.S. Army capture Mexico City during the U.S.-Mexican War?
Jack Coffee Hays
Which effect of the U.S.-Mexican War increased arguments over slavery in the U.S.?
The acquisition of new western territories
Which law allowed California to enter as a free state and let western territories vote on slavery?
The Compromise of 1850
Which immigrant group influenced Texas towns like New Braunfels and Fredericksburg?
Germans