Early Statehood
Texas officially became the 28th state of the United States in this year.
What is 1845?
This war was fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
What is the Mexican–American War?
Battle where the Union put a blockade around a major Texas port.
What is the Battle of Galveston
13th Amendment
What amendment abolished slavery (ended slavery)
Ratify
What is to implement or approve something
This former president of the Republic of Texas became the state’s first governor after annexation.
Who is Sam Houston?
This treaty ended the Mexican–American War and gave the United States large amounts of land in the Southwest.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Battle where the Confederate forces lured Union gunboats into a trap and won
What is the Battle of Sabine Pass
14th Amendment
What amendment made African Americans citizens
Suffrage
What is the right to vote
Early statehood brought conflict because Texas entered the Union as this type of state.
What is a slave state?
This disputed river border between Texas and Mexico was a major cause of the war.
What is the Rio Grande?
Final Battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Palmito Ranch
15th Amendment
What amendment gave all men the right to vote
Secession
What is leaving the union
This 1845 document created Texas’s state government (governor, legislature, courts) and included provisions for a bill of rights.
What is the Texas Constitution of 1845?
As a result of the war, the United States gained lands that include present-day California, Arizona, and New Mexico.
What is the Mexican Cession?
Union leader during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Had to set up temporary governments
End slavery
Declare secession illegal
Adult white males had to take oath of loyalty to the U.S.
What is Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction
Cotton Gin
What is the machine that increased the demand for enslaved labor
The Texas Constitution of 1845 was based on the constitutions of these two places.
What are the United States and the Republic of Texas?
Before the war, Mexico claimed Texas ended at this river, not the Rio Grande.
What is the Nueces River?
Place where the South surrendered to the Union.
Where is Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Wanted to punish the South
Who are the Radical Republicans
Manifest Destiny
What is the belief the the US should expand from coast to coast