Help please
I need all the answers its due soon and the quizlet was deleted
1. What was the first thing Texas needed upon gaining independence? _______________________________________
2. Sam Houston was elected the 1st President of the Republic of Texas – which two men did he defeat in that election?
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3. Name 2 major issues Texas faced after winning independence.
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4. What was the Texas Rangers’ main duty after the Revolution? ____________________________________________
5. What is annexation? ______________________________________________________________________________
6. What document stated that the President could not serve consecutive terms?
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7. Which President of Texas opposed annexation? ________________________________________________________
8. The Council House Fight included chiefs from which Native American group? ________________________________
9. Who received the most land in TX through public land grants? ____________________________________________
10. I was a blacksmith and interpreter for Sam Houston during the Revolution. Who am I? ________________________
11. What were the 2 major cash crops in TX during this time? ________________________________________________
12. What were built to meet the need for lumber to build homes and stores? ___________________________________
13. What invention in the 1840s transformed communications? ______________________________________________
14. Name 1 reason the Senate rejected the Annexation Treaty of 1844. _______________________________________
15. What is Manifest Destiny? _________________________________________________________________________
16. Why were the British opposed to annexation of Texas by the United States? _________________________________
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17. Who was President of the U.S. when annexation of Texas was finally approved? ______________________________
18. On December 29, __________ (year), the President signed the resolution that made Texas a state and Texas would
become the ___________ state of the United States.
19. Why did Texas need a new constitution in 1845? ______________________________________________________
20. Who was elected as the 1st governor of Texas? ________________________________________________________
21. What did Polk tell Congress was the reason that the U.S. needed to declare war on Mexico?
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22. Which Mexican General resurfaced during this war, attacking U.S. troops? __________________________________
23. Which treaty ended the war between the U.S. and Mexico in 1848? ________________________________________
24. Mexico accepted that the _______________________________ River was the boundary between U.S. and Mexico.
25. Mexico surrendered all territory between western Texas and the Pacific Ocean. What was this area called?
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Bonus: What did the U.S. (Texas) and Mexico not agree on that eventually led to the start of the war?
