What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Mexico recognized the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico.The U.S. paid the $3.25 million dollars owed by the Mexican government to the people of the U.S.Mexico gave 529,000 square miles of its land to the U.S. for $15 million dollars.

How did the Texas Rangers complicate the war effort during the Mexican War?

They refused to follow the orders of U.S. army officers.

How did the Compromise of 1850 help determine where the border of Texas would be?

Texas agreed to their border being set between Texas and New Mexico in exchange for $10 million dollars.

When Texas and the federal government called for an end to the reservation system in the 1850s, what was it was replaced by?

An even harsher policy of forced removal.

What was the main purpose of the line of forts built by the federal government along the Rio Grande to the Trinity River?

As protection for settlers and travel routes.

Why did the U.S. army have to abandon the original line of forts and build new ones further west?

Because settlers kept pushing further west past the original line of forts.

When the government realized that building forts was not stopping the violence between Indians and settlers what did it do?

Set up Reservations to place the Indians on

Why did Texas’s African American population grew enormously in the 1850s?

Many southerners were moving to Texas with their slaves.

How were abolitionists treated in Texas? How were they treated throughout the south?

They were sometimes forced to leave.

Describe slavery in the 1860’s.

It was not an important economic factor in Texas

How were the Texas Rangers started?

Started by Steven F. Austin under the authority of the Imperial Colonization Law.

Help

Options

Question

Beliefs behind manifest destiny

click to flip

focusNode

Didn't know it?
click below

Knew it?
click below

Don't know

Question

Explain the signifigance of the political cartoon on page 342.

Remaining cards (18)

Know

retry

shuffle

restart

0:00

Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

Normal Size Small Size show me how

TX History Lewis

Question	Answer
Beliefs behind manifest destiny	The nation needed more land for its rapidly growing population.Americans could bring economic growth and democracy to places they had never existed before.American territorial expansion was blessed by God because it was morally right.
Explain the signifigance of the political cartoon on page 342.	It depicts how Mexico was humiliated after the war
U.S. leaders were angry because Mexico had ordered U.S. settlers to leave what area?	California
Which group of people did the Mexicans call los diablos Tejanos –“the Texas devils”?	The Texas Rangers
What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?	Mexico recognized the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico.The U.S. paid the $3.25 million dollars owed by the Mexican government to the people of the U.S.Mexico gave 529,000 square miles of its land to the U.S. for $15 million dollars.
How did the Texas Rangers complicate the war effort during the Mexican War?	They refused to follow the orders of U.S. army officers.
How did the Compromise of 1850 help determine where the border of Texas would be?	Texas agreed to their border being set between Texas and New Mexico in exchange for $10 million dollars.
When Texas and the federal government called for an end to the reservation system in the 1850s, what was it was replaced by?	An even harsher policy of forced removal.
What was the main purpose of the line of forts built by the federal government along the Rio Grande to the Trinity River?	As protection for settlers and travel routes.
In the late 1850s, who did settlers hold responsible for their Indian problems?	The U.S. (federal) government.
Why did the U.S. army have to abandon the original line of forts and build new ones further west?	Because settlers kept pushing further west past the original line of forts.
Once Texas became a state, who was responsible for solving conflicts with American Indians?	The federal government
When the government realized that building forts was not stopping the violence between Indians and settlers what did it do?	Set up Reservations to place the Indians on
In the 1850s, Texas became an important part of the ____ _____, the southern region that grew most of the country’s cotton.	Cotton Belt
Why did Texas’s African American population grew enormously in the 1850s?	Many southerners were moving to Texas with their slaves.
What was the Texas economy based mostly on?	Cotton
How were abolitionists treated in Texas? How were they treated throughout the south?	They were sometimes forced to leave.
Describe slavery in the 1860’s.	It was not an important economic factor in Texas
How were the Texas Rangers started?	Started by Steven F. Austin under the authority of the Imperial Colonization Law.

Created by: ALEXBRONCOS22

"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries: