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Review for Unit 6
7th Grade Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reason why people came to Texas in the 1820s | Texas offered cheap land for farming |
| Grievances stated in the Texas Declaration of Independence that were satisfied in the 1836 Constitution | freedom of religion, 3 branches of government, and need for a trial by jury |
| Constitution of 1836 | document that gave certain rights to Texas citizens under the new Republic of Texas |
| first president of the Texas Republic in 1836 | Sam Houston |
| second president of the Texas Republic | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| Cordova Rebellion | a conflict with the Kickapoo Indians that President Sam Houston had to deal with |
| Texas gained its independence from _________________ | Mexico |
| Manifest Destiny | the idea of expanding westward from coast to coast |
| annexation | becoming a part of the United States |
| Reason why Texas wanted to be annexed by the United States | Texas would have its debts paid by the United States |
| Who commissioned the First Texas Navy | the Republic of Texas |
| Sam Houston | wanted to be annexed by the US and encouraged trade with the Natives |
| Mirabeau B. Lamar | was against annexation and forced Natives out of Texas |
| era of the Texas Republic | Sam Houston tried to avoid new conflict with Mexico and Mirabeau Lamar created the Texas public school system |
| Sam Houston during his second term as president of Texas | His main goal was the survival of Texas |
| Texas Rangers | No, not the baseball team, but the group that tried to protect settlers from the American Indian attacks |
| Reason why the United States was against annexing Texas at first | Texas was a slave state |
| Region of Texas where a lot of German immigrants settled | Texas Hill Country (near center and southern parts of Texas) |
| Texas city that has a high rate of immigrants | Houston |