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Title: Statehood for Texas


1
Statehood for Texas
  • Chapter 12 Vocabulary

2
LEGISLATURE
  • A government body that has the power to make or
    pass laws.

3
Executive branch
  • The part of the government that carries out the
    laws

4
Legislative Branch
  • The part of the government that makes the laws.

5
Judicial Branch
  • The part of the government that interprets the
    laws and applies these laws in the court system.

6
Governor
  • The highest ranking officer in the state
    government.

7
Lieutenant governor
  • The second highest ranking officer in the state
    govt.

8
Cession
  • The transfer of land from one country to another.

9
Abolitionist
  • A person who wants to end slavery.

10
Constitution of 1845
  • The statehood constitution that outlines the
    three branches of govt., creates the executive
    offices, the legislative arm of govt., and the
    judicial offices.

11
James P. Henderson
  • The first governor of TX 1845
  • Established the first govt. of TX
  • Governed during war with Mexico

12
Manifest Destiny
  • first used primarily by Jackson Democrats after
    1845 to promote annexation of the Oregon
    Territory, the Texas Annexation, and the Mexican
    Cession.
  • The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand

13
Zachary Taylor
  • Known as Old rough ready
  • Many victories in War w/Mexico led to his
    election as U.S. President 1848

14
War with Mexico
  • U.S. declared war May 13,1846
  • Texans view war as chance to remember the Alamo

15
Mariano Arista
  • Mexican general led troops South of Rio Grande
    during the US-Mexico war
  • Becomes Pres. Of Mex after the war

16
Texas Rangers
  • Created by SFA to protect settlers from Native
    American raids
  • Fought served as scouts in US-Mex war
  • Called los diablos Tejanos by Mexicans due to
    their fighting ability (they adopted fighting
    style of Comanches)

17
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • Helped U.S. achieve Manifest Destiny because
    Mexico agreed to
  • Recognize TX as part of the US
  • Surrender all land between TX Pacific Ocean

18
Henry Clay
  • Wrote the Compromise of 1850

19
Compromise of 1850
  • California became a state
  • New Mexico Utah become territories
  • Slave trade is ended (but not slavery)
  • TX gets 10million in exchange for disputed land
    north and west (along Rio Grande)
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