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Unit 6 & 7 Review
Texas Republic & Early statehood - Social Studies
| answer | question |
|---|---|
| define amend | make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer, more accurate, or more up-to-date or to modify formally, as a legal document or legislative bill. |
| define ratify | sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. |
| define annex | append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document or add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation |
| define republic | a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives |
| define manifest destiny | The United States was destined by God to expand and spread democracy across North America |
| define statehood | The status of being a state in the United States |
| define transcontinental | Crossing a continent |
| define cede | To give up power or territory |
| define treaty | A formal agreement between two countries |
| define compromise | An agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side giving something up |
| what was the public treaty of velasco | Santa Anna agreed to end the war and never attack Texas again, The Mexican army was to withdraw south of the Rio Grande, Both sides agreed to release prisoners of war |
| what was the secret treaty of velasco | Santa Anna vowed Mexico would never invade Texas, Mexico would recognize Texas as a free nation, Mexico would recognize Texas as a free nation, Burnet agreed to release Santa Anna. |
| Why would the Mexican government have been upset by the Treaty of Velasco | because Santa Anna signed it in prison |
| Why would the Texans have been upset by the Treaty of Velasco | Because Texas had to release all their prisoners of war |
| who was Lorenzo de Zavala | Vice President of the Ad Interim (1836) He helped to write the constitution of the Republic of Texas because of the experience he had in government. |
| who was David G. Burnett | President of the Ad Interim (1836) He was elected president at the Convention of 1836 and made people angry with his actions during his brief time in office. |
| who was Sam Houston | 1st& 3rd President (1836 –1838& 1841 –1844) He worked to get the Republic out of debt and repair relations with Mexico and the Native Americans. |
| who was Mirabeau Lamar | 2nd President (1838 –1841) He strengthened the military and the education system but caused more debt and tension with Mexico and Native Americans. |
| who was Anson Jones | 4th President (1844 –1846) Worked at and succeeded in getting Texas annexed into the United States. |
| what was the republic of texas constitution | Ratified in 1836, Describes education as a fundamental right, Amended 0 times |
| what was the U.S constitution of 1787 | Ratified in 1787, Does not guarantee the right to education, Amended 17 times |
| limited government | A limited government is one whose legalized force and power is restricted through delegated and enumerated authorities. |
| Republicanism | Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic with an emphasis on liberty and the civic virtue practiced by citizens |
| Checks & Balances | counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups. |
| Federalism | the federal principle or system of government. |
| Separation of Powers | an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies. |
| Popular Sovereignty | Popular sovereignty, also called squatter sovereignty, in U.S. history, a controversial political doctrine according to which the people of federal territories should decide for themselves. |
| Individual Rights | Individual rights refer to the liberties of each individual to pursue life and goals without interference from other individuals or the government. |
| what was the 13 Colonies | colonies founded by Virginia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia |
| what was the Ohio river valley | When the American Revolutionary War began in 1775, the Ohio River marked a tenuous border between the American colonies and the American Indians of the Ohio Country. |
| what was the Louisiana purchase | The Louisiana Purchase eventually doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically. |
| what was Florida | The federal government and most white settlers desired all Florida Indians to migrate to the West. On May 28, 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act requiring all Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River. |
| what was texas | Texas Revolution, also called War of Texas Independence, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas's independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas (1836–45). |
| what was Oregon Country | The Oregon Territory stretched from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains |
| what was the Mexican Cession | The Mexican Cession is the region in the modern-day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the Mexican American War. |
| what was the Gadsden Purchase | Gadsden's Purchase provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad and attempted to resolve conflicts that lingered after the Mexican American War. |
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