Republic of Texas - Compromise of 1850

Build and man them, and they will come!

Wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence

The U.S. received 529,000 square miles of territory in

The Supreme Court is part of

Meeting between Comanche and Texans that ended chance for peace for many years:

The U.S. was meant to expand all the way across N. America to the Pacific Ocean, including TX

Which political party believed slavery should be banned?

Mexican Cession

The Texas State Legislature meets

President Mirabeau Lamar's failed attempt to create a trade route between Texas and Sante Fe

Sam Houston ordered the Texas Navy to return home and disband due to

Sam Houston's nickname

Did not want annexation of Texas:

Information regarding resources, land forms, climate and human interaction with these would be

Which is ordered correctly?

Secretly colluded with Mexicans to overthrow the Republic of Texas

The Compromise of 1850

The ideal Texas Ranger who brought discipline and professionalism:

The goal of the Sante Fe Trail was to:

Patrolled the frontier to protect settlers from Texas Indians and to keep peace

He used Plains Indian Guerilla tactics and almost always was outnumbered in fights

Comanche were attacked in revenge for their vicious raids following the Council House fight

Published her personal diaries and dedicated much of her life to preserving Texas history:

The United States was not interested in annexing Texas for all of these EXCEPT

She fired a cannon to alert the citizenery in the Archives War:

How was westward expansion in Texas impacted by forts?

Debt was a problem for the new republic because:

Hero of Battle of San Jacinto, 2nd president of Republic of Texas, "Father of Education"

The last conflict between Mexico and The Republic of Texas was

Stephen F. Austin, "The Father of Texas", died 3 months after being appointed

Companies that sell shares of ownership to investors

You will ace this test if

Groups of people who help elect government officials and influence government policies

Santa Anna ordered the execution of recaptured Mier expedition soldiers in:

Most Republic of Texas voters wanted:

A friend to Sam Houston and a Cherokee Chief who died at the Battle of Neches:

Known as the "Father of Education"

Her journals are primary sources for numerous historical events: Alamo, Runaway Scrape, & more

Secretive political party from the 1850s that answered questions by saying, "I know Nothing".

The first elected president of The Republic of Texas

Lainey's Great, Great Grandfather, "Old Rough and Ready" General in Mexican American War

Known as "The father of Texas"

To join political regions

What did James Polk need to achieve Manifest Destiny?

Commander of the Republic of Texas Navy:

Allows people to choose for themselves

Texas first govenor