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Tx exam 1
Ch 6 - Early Statehood
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Problems during early statehood | -slavery = ehhhh -conflict with mx - big pop. |
| The Mexican-American War | tx annexed -> USA buys tx and cali but -> fights mx agrees |
| New Mexican Boundary Dispute/ Compromise of 1850 | -modern tx size -california free, texas slave -terrtories ambiguous (ppl there decide) |
| Major ethnic groups during early statehood period | south-born white (not north) Anglos, Mexicans, Germans, Wends, Czechs, Polish, English, and Irish, and African Americans |
| Aspects of Slavery in Texas | large increase - master controlled lives & minimally |
| "Cart Wars" | ethnic hostilities toward mx b/c they transported food faster with oxcarts -Want whites to move good to central tx |
| Juan Cortina | mx military resistance to racism republic of rio grande Brownsville raid-> Cortina wars...... tx rangers mad beat a mx-usa force "Robin Hood of the Rio Grande" |
| Women in Texas during early statehood | right to not forfeit land upon marriage -household duties -garden |
| Religion in Texas during early statehood | mx= catholic us= christian.. |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | USA buys tx & cali |
| Tx-NM Boundary Dispute | tx gave land to pay off debts |