Chapter 10 Review
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| The branch of government that oversees the courts is the | judiciary (or judicial)
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| The power of veto is the power to.... | prevent something from becoming a law.
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| Define manifest destiny | The belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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| After the Mexican War, the United States gained a large amount of land as the result of a | Cession
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| Popular Sovereignty gave territories the right to decide for themselves whether or not to allow.... | slavery
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| Why did Texas have to write a new constitution in 1845? | because they became a state
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| The only native Texan who attended the convention that wrote the state constitution was... | José Antonio Navarro
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| What documents influences the writing of the Texas State Constitution of 1845? | The US Constitution, The Republic of Texas Constitution, and the Tennessee and Louisiana State Constitutions.
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| Before the Mexican War, Mexico said that this river was the border between Texas and Mexico. | Nueces River
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| Name the rights that women were given in the Texas Constitution of 1845? | The right to own property and if, she were married, her husband must have her permission to sell their property.
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| The first governor of Texas was... | James Pinckney Henderson
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| What battle of the Mexican War was fought north of the Rio Grande? | Palo Alto
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| What important job did Major Benjamin McCulloch’s Texas Rangers perform during the Mexican War? | Gathering information for the US Army.
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| What was a major issue for the governors of Texas until it was settled in the 1850s? | The border dispute with New Mexico
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| What were the accomplishments of Governor Elisha Pease? | Lowering the debt, establishing the permanent school fund, and promoting the construction of railroads.
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| What Texas border was set by the U.S. Congress in the Compromise of 1850? | Western
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| About how large was the population of Texas in 1860? | 600,000
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| This is the branch of government that has veto power. | Executive
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| Who could not vote in Texas in 1845? | Men under 21, women, African Americans, and Native Americans
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| Houston and Rusk were the first Texans to be in the... | US Senate.
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| What area did both Mexico and the United States claim before the Mexican War? | between the Nueces and the Rio Grande
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| In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, what did the United States give Mexico in return for large amounts of land in the west? | $15 million
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| Which party dominated Texas politics in the 1840s and 1850s? | Democratic
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| What did Native Americans believe about land? | No one could own it
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