Final Exam Review Part 3

Question 1

president of the Convention of 1845

Answer 1

Thomas J Rusk

Question 2

popular governor first elected in 1853, who was a leader in education and helped eliminate state debt

Answer 2

Elisha M Pease

Question 3

US president who strongly favored annexation

Answer 3

James K Polk

Question 4

the belief that he US was meant to spread across North America

Answer 4

manifest destiny

Question 5

writer whose columns helped turn northern opinion in favor of annexation

Answer 5

Jane McManus Cazneau

Question 6

common name for the political party officially known as the American party

Answer 6

Know-Nothing Party

Question 7

meeting called to consider and approve annexation

Answer 7

Convention of 1845

Question 8

companies that sell shares of ownership to raise money

Answer 8

corporations

Question 9

bill that approved the admission of Texas to the US

Answer 9

Texas Admission Act

Question 10

chose a candidate

Answer 10

nominated

Question 11

every two years

Answer 11

biennial

Question 12

first governor of the state of Texas

Answer 12

James Pinckney Henderson

Question 13

candidate who defeated Sam Houston for governor in the only election Houston ever lost

Answer 13

Hardin Runnels

Question 14

US president who asked Congress in 1845 for a joint resolution in favor of annexing Texas

Answer 14

John Tyler

Question 15

the only native Texas in the Convention of 1845

Answer 15

Jose Antonio Navarro