Who was a hero in the Texas Revolution and the first AND third president of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
100
What was the MAIN reason that the U.S. Congress voted against Texas' annexation at first?
Texas allowed slavery
100
What were the northern states, which did not allow slavery, called?
free states
100
Who led the Texas Rangers to scout for information during the War with Mexico?
Ben McCulloch
200
The belief that the United States was "destined" or meant to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny
200
Who led an expedition to Sante Fe and supported Mirabeau Lamar?
Jose Antonio Navarro
200
Texas Revolution...Texas Republic and Texas Statehood...What key event came next?
War between the U.S. and Mexico
200
Santa Anna stepped down as president of Mexico after losing what city?
Mexico City
200
Name the 3 out of the 5 ways that settlers travled to Texas.
ship, horse, wagon, stage coach, river boat
300
Land given to another country
cession
300
Who believed that Texas' shores and ports were at risk from other countries who did not think that Texas was strong enough to defend itself?
Mirabeau Lamar
300
Texas needed to establish a form of government. What did Texas do to solve the problem in 1845?
wrote the Texas Constitution of 1845
300
What number state did Texas become when it joined the U.S.?
28
300
Most of the settlers from the South had what profession (job)?
Farmers
400
People who wanted to end slavery
Abolitionists
400
What were 2 of Mirabeau Lamar's actions that raised the debt of Texas?
Trying to remove the American Indians from Texas and starting a navy
400
When Sam Houston realized that Colombia was too crowded and did not make a good capital, what did he do to solve the problem?
He moved the capital to Houston.
400
Who has the power to get a new law passed?
a Texas senator
400
The leaders of Mexico were angered by Texas _______?
Statehood
500
Leaders of Texas who volunteered as scouts and messengers and protected the borders of Texas.
Texas Rangers
500
What Texan in the 1800s assisted in writing the Texas constitution, published newspapers, and discovered processes for condensed milk and processed foods?
Hint: You have probably had his milk!
Gail Borden (Borden milk..hint hint)
500
What did James Polk, president of the United States, have to do to declare war on Mexico after they attacked?
He had to ask Congress.
500
What did the Mexicans and Americans sign in 1848?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
500
What 2 foreign countries did not want Texas to become a part of the United States?