Texas History Chapter 14

Question 0

GTT-What does it mean?

Answer 0

Gone To Texas

Question 1

Why was San Francisco so important?

Answer 1

It was a port the US wanted to control

Question 2

Who was Mary Madison?

Answer 2

Free African American who filed petition to stay in Texas

Question 3

Mirabeau B. Lamar was…

Answer 3

Former Texas president who served in the Mexican-American War

Question 4

Who was John Slidell?

Answer 4

He was the one sent to negotiate with the Mexican government

Question 5

Who was Winfield Scott?

Answer 5

General who captured Mexico City in 1847

Question 6

Who was Jose Antonio Navarro?

Answer 6

Mexican American who signed the Declaration of Independence

Question 7

Who was Juan Cortina?

Answer 7

Fought for Mexican and Tejano rights

Question 8

What was Emeline FWC awarded with for damages?

Answer 8

One Dollar

Question 9

Who served as scouts for the US during the Mexican War?

Answer 9

Texas Rangers

Question 10

How could settlers obtain land under the Homestead Act?

Answer 10

Live on the land

Question 11

Who lost to General Taylor at Buena Vista?

Answer 11

Santa Anna

Question 12

How did the American Party influence the Democratic Party?

Answer 12

Conventions that elected political candidates

Question 13

What happened to the Mexican citizens living on the lands given up by Mexico?

Answer 13

Given opportunity to keep their land and become US citizens

Question 14

Did Whigs support or oppose slavery?

Answer 14

Oppose

Question 15

Why did Germans come to Texas?

Answer 15

To escape hardships and the potato famine

Question 16

What was one of the first thing Texans did in setting up a new government

Answer 16

Create a new constitution

Question 17

Three problems faced by the new state were…

Answer 17

Debt, Native Americans attacks, and non-recognition by Mexico

Question 18

Who represented business interests?

Answer 18

Whigs

Question 19

Who represented farmers and laborers?

Answer 19

Democrats

Question 20

Who represented African Americans?

Answer 20

No one

Question 21

Most European immigrants coming to Texas were from…

Answer 21

Germany

Question 22

The ___________ Party tried to prevent new immigrants from voting. Also known as Know Nothing Party because when asked, they replied, “I know nothing.”

Answer 22

American

Question 23

What did Mexican Americans do for work?

Answer 23

Farming and ranching

Question 24

How did the US win the war with Mexico?

Answer 24

Better leaders and equipment

Question 25

How did Mexico feel about the annexation of Texas?

Answer 25

They were insulted

Question 26

What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo do?

Answer 26

Mexico surrendered their land from Texas to the Pacific Ocean. This was called Mexican Cession.

Question 27

Name some provisions of the Constitution of 1845

Answer 27

The governor’s term was 2 years and could not serve more than 2 terms. Had to live in Texas for 3 years and be at least 39 years of age. Senate-4 years; House-2 years. Protected the system of slavery and barred women from voting.

Question 28

Name two causes of the Mexican-American War

Answer 28

Mexico insisted the Nueces River was the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico; the U.S. wanted to control the port on the coast of California, and disputes over damage caused by Mexico during several Mexican revolutions.

Question 29

What was the reservation system established and why did it not succeed?

Answer 29

To contain and control Native Americans. They were too small, they did not like being restricted, and this was not their way of life they had known for centuries.