Republic of TX to StatehoodUnit 5 Review

What was one of the first things that Texas officials were required to do before Texas could join the United States in 1845? 

Write a constitution

 What was the name of the first major battle of the Mexican-American War fought on May 8, 1846? 

Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma

What was the name given to the territory surrendered by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? 

Mexican Cession

Who is known as the “Father of Education” in Texas? 

Lamar

How did settlers obtain land under the Homestead Act? 

Living on the Land

The belief that the U.S. would expand from coast to coast was known as…?

Manifest Destiny

What state did Texas pattern its Constitution of 1845 after? 

Louisiana

Who was the last president of Texas? 

Jones

Why did Sam Houston not run for a second consecutive term as president?

Forbidden

Where did most of the European immigrants who came to Texas in the 1840s and 1850s come from? 

Germany

What was the major reason that Texas was not annexed immediately?

Mexico refused to recognize TX independence

What are crops used on the farm where there are raised?

Subsistence Crops

Who is known as the “Father of Texas”? 

Austin

Why did President Mirabeau B Lamar believe that the Cherokees should be removed from Texas? 

They had no fair claim to the land

What promise did James K. Polk make to the American people that enabled him to be elected president in the election of 1844? 

To annex TX

Who was the first president of Texas?

Houston

What are expenditures? 

Money paid out

What two advantages did the U.S. have over Mexican forces during the Mexican-American War? 

Better equipped and led

Why were most Texans pleased with the 1845 joint resolution?

Made TX a US state

What was the chief subsistence crop in the Republic of Texas?

Corn

The political party that strongly opposed the extension of slavery was?

Whig Party

What was the reaction of the Mexican government to Texas’s annexation?

Insulted

What are crops that were sold to raise money?

Cash Crops

What did the development of plantations in Texas contribute to?

Increase in slaves

What was the leading cash crop in the Republic of Texas?

Cotton