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Republic of TX to Statehood

Republic of TX to Statehood. Unit 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? .

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Republic of TX to Statehood

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  1. Republic of TX to Statehood Unit 5 Review

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. What was the name given to the territory surrendered by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?  • Mexican Cession

  5. Who is known as the “Father of Education” in Texas?  • Lamar

  6. How did settlers obtain land under the Homestead Act?  • Living on the Land

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

  8. What state did Texas pattern its Constitution of 1845 after?  • Louisiana

  9. Who was the last president of Texas?  • Jones

  10. Why did Sam Houston not run for a second consecutive term as president? • Forbidden

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

  12. What was the major reason that Texas was not annexed immediately? • Mexico refused to recognize TX independence

  13. What are crops used on the farm where there are raised? • Subsistence Crops

  14. Who is known as the “Father of Texas”? • Austin

  15. Why did President Mirabeau B Lamar believe that the Cherokees should be removed from Texas?  • They had no fair claim to the land

  16. 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

  17. Who was the first president of Texas? • Houston

  18. What are expenditures? • Money paid out

  19. What two advantages did the U.S. have over Mexican forces during the Mexican-American War?  • Better equipped and led

  20. Why were most Texans pleased with the 1845 joint resolution? • Made TX a US state

  21. What was the chief subsistence crop in the Republic of Texas? • Corn

  22. The political party that strongly opposed the extension of slavery was? • Whig Party

  23. What was the reaction of the Mexican government to Texas’s annexation? • Insulted

  24. What are crops that were sold to raise money? • Cash Crops

  25. What did the development of plantations in Texas contribute to? • Increase in slaves

  26. What was the leading cash crop in the Republic of Texas? • Cotton

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