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Moving West-2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What American was given permission, by the Mexican government, to bring American families into Texas? | Stephen Austin |
| By 1832, how many American families moved to Texas that outnumbered the Mexican families that lived? | More than 20,000 families moved to Texas |
| What were the Mexican families that lived in Texas known as to the America settlers? | Tejanos |
| Who taught the settlers on how to work the land and raise livestock in Texas? | Vaqueros/Mexican Cowboys |
| What did the Texans dislike about the Mexican government? | Banned slavery in 1829 |
| What year did the Texas Revolution begin in Texas? | 1835 |
| What was the name of the Mexican general that fought against the Texans? | General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
| What was the fortress that was conquered by the Mexican Army in Texas? | The Alamo |
| When did the Texans finally defeated Santa Anna Army which ended the Texas Revolution? | The San Jacinto River near Galveston, Texas |
| Who became the 1st Texas president which the people of Texas named the capital after him ? | Sam Houston |
| When was Texas finally annex from the USA? | 1845 |
| Another war was fought between the USA and Mexico, who was the general for the USA that defeated the Mexican Army in Mexico City? | Zachary Taylor |
| The USA later purchased what states from Mexico that became part of the USA? | Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Present day (New Mexico), Texas, Wyoming, California |
| What was the name of the peace treaty that was between the USA and Mexico? | “Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo” |
| For how much did the USA purchased the land from Mexico after the peace treaty? | $15,000,000/$15 million dollars |
| In 1853, the USA purchased another chunk of land from Mexico, what was it called? | The Gadsden Purchase |
| The Gadsden Purchase purchased the southern boundaries of New Mexico and Arizona, how much did it cost the USA to buy it from Mexico? | $10,000,000/10 million dollars |
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