People
Who was the 1st and 3 president of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
Series of 5 laws passed by congress in 1850 to address slavery and expansion.
Compromise of 1850
Lamar lead what expedition
Santa Fe Ecxpedtion
Why did the U.S. not want to annex Texas at first?
it would start a war with Mexico
Who's job was to protect Texans from Native Americans?
Texas Rangers
Who was the 2nd president of the Republic of Texas?
Mirabeau Lamar
law passed in 1850 that required people in free states to help capture and return escaped enslaved people to their enslavers
Fugitive Slave Act
Something Texas gained after annexation
Protective Army
Outside our country
Foreign
An international border between the U.S. and Mexico
Rio Grande River
Negotiator Between Texas settlers and Cherokee tribes
Chief Bowels
believe that the US should expanded to the West coast
Manifest Destiny
Due process and equal protection is guaranteed to all citizens.
Individually rights
Lamar sent Texas Rangers to drive out Natives in this battle.
Battle of neches
Each Branch of Texas government has controls over the other two.
Checks & Balances
Who was the the president of the US when Texas was admitted to the US?
James Polk
Bill of rights.
Treaty that ended the US Mexican war
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Power divided between 3 branches
Separation of powers.
A reason Mexico thought the lost in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1/3 of land
Architect of annexation
Anson Jones
Texas was admitted as the ___ state.
28th
One of the reasons the US was scared of annexation of Texas? would upset the balance!!!!!
debate of slavery
One of the reasons the US was scared of annexation of Texas
War with Mexico
Possession Taken a piece of land or country
annexation