Unit 7 - Statehood Flashcards
Who started the Mexican-American War?
America
Who won the Mexican-American War?
America
Why did the US buy the Gadsden Purchase?
To build a trans-continental railroad.
How did the Mexican American War start?
Zachary Taylor and some other US troops went into disputed territory.
Who was the last president of Texas?
Anson Jones
What was the last president of Texas known as?
The Architect of Annexation
What were the terms of the 1844 Annexation Treaty?
Texas would join as a territory
Texas’s debt would be paid
Texas would give up all public land
How did Manifest Destiny lead to the Mexican-American War?
The US wanted to expand from coast to coast.
Why was there a split in the Democratic Party?
The Democrats did not know how each territory or state should have slavery, by voting or force.
Who won the Election of 1844?
James K. Polk
What was Manifest Destiny?
An idea that the US was destined to expand from coast to coast.
Why did the 1844 Annexation Treaty fail?
Slavery issues such as balance with slave states and free states.
What was the border that the US thought Texas had before the Mexican-American War?
The Rio Grande River
What were the terms in the Compromise of 1850?
The North gets: California as a free state
The South gets: The rest of the Mexican Cession is open to vote for slavery or not
What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The US gets: Mexico acknowledges Rio Grande as the border and the Mexican Cession
Mexico gets: 15 million dollars for the Mexican Cession
