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________ was the President who let Texas into the Union
John Tyler
What started the Mexican American War?
What started the war was the southern boundaries of Texas
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
A Peace Treaty & it started that the U.S. gained full title of Texas with the Rio Grande as a boundary. The U.S. also gained CA & all of what was called NM
How were the settlers treated (laws) in Texas?
The law against slavery was not strictly enforced in Texas. In 1830 Mexico passed a law restricting further immigration.
Who were Generals Santa Anna, Sam Houston, William Travis?
Santa Anna = President of Mexico, Sam Houston = Military leader of TX, William Travis = American lawyer & soldier
What happened at the Alamo and at San Jacinto?
At the Alamo 2000 Mexican troops besieged 188 Texans. A mission stationed in San Antonio. At San Jacinto Creek, Houston forces turned and attacked.
Who were the Leaders of the South?
Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
What Act started the Civil War?
When Southern troops fired on Fort Sumpter, A federally controlled military post in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina
Who were Generals Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett?
Jim Bowie was an American Pioneer and was also known for his sand bar fight and Davy Crockett was a U.S. Representative and Soldier, he was from Tennessee
Who were the Generals involved in the Mexican American War? What did they do?
Gen. Zachary Taylor, Gen. Stephen Kearney. Zachary Taylor moved the troops South of the Rio Grande & Gen Stephen Kearney took Santa Fe and marched to CA
Who was Stephen F. Austin? What did he do?
An American settler, took over a grant of land that the Spanish Gov't had given his father. He brought 30,000 people to TX or Northern Mexico
What happened at the CA gold rush?
Gold was discovered in CA and people told stories about instant riches, then came the Goldrush from the Eastern US and Europe. Gold was discovered in CA in 1849
What was the Compromise of 1850?
Stronger fugitive slave laws, no more slave trade in DC and California became a state.
What was the fugitive slave law?
Slave trade, not slavery was forbidden in the district of Columbia. Basically the return policy of a slave.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe and what did she do?
Harriet B. S. was an author who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which was a novel portraying slavery at its worst.
Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act provided that the Trans Missouri region be divided into two new territories, Nebraska and Kansas
