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Unit 6 review

Use your notes from Unit 6 to answer the following.

  1. On what date did Texas become a state of the United States? __December 29, 1845______
  2. What are the 5 points to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
    Ended the Mexican War, The Southwest was claimed by the US, Mexico accepts Texas as part of the US, US pays $15 million to Mexico for NM, AZ, CA, and Rio Grande river was established at Texas border___
  3. What happened at the Council House Fight? Texan Army invited Comanche Indians to a meeting and instructed them to bring all white captives. They showed up with only 1 captive who was badly beaten. This angered the soldiers and they tried to arrest the indians. The Indians fought back and several from both sides were killed. It is known as the greatest blunder in history.
  4. Who was the first president of Texas? _Sam Houston______
  5. Who was the last president of Texas? _Anson Jones______
  1. What happened at the Drawing of the Black Beans? _Soldiers were captured from the Mier Expedition. These soldiers escaped and a week later was recaptured. Santa Anna was so upset her ordered every 10th man to be executed. To determine who would be executed the men drew beans. If you drew a black bean you were executed. A white bean meant you went to prison. ______
  2. Why were the Texas Rangers created? To protect the white settlers from Indian raids and attacks.______
  3. What methods were used to try to reduce the debt in Texas?Creation of new money, raise taxes on consumer goods ______
  1. Why was Houston the capital of Texas for just 3 year? _muddy streets and mosquitos ______
  2. Who was the “Father of Education”? __Mirabeau B. Lamar______
  1. Why did he get the name of “Father of Education”? _He set aside land to build Texas A&M and other public schools.______
  1. What was Mexico and the United States fighting over in the Mexican American War? __Disputed territory between the Neuces River and the Rio Grande River______
  1. What is Manifest Destiny? _The belief that whites should spread across the United States from coast to coast______
  1. What number state is Texas for the United States? _28______
  1. What 3 arguments were Texas facing while trying to be annexed into the United States? _Slavery, debt, war with Mexico ______
  2. Who was the first governor of Texas? _Pickney Henderson ______
  3. After annexation who settled in the Central part of Texas? _German and European settlers______
  1. What are the 3 parts of the Compromise of 1850? Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its southern border, Northern Americans also did not want slavery in the area, People in New Mexico did not want to be part of Texas because of the slavery______
  1. What are the 4 parts of the Texas New Mexico Boundary Act? The US paid $10 million to split the disputed area, Helped Texas pay off their debt acquired when they were independent, Determined the Texas western boundary, Required Texas to give up half of the disputed area______
  2. Who defeated Santa Anna at Buena Vista? _General Zachary Taylor______
  1. What happened to the size of Texas population after annexation? _It doubled______
  1. What river did the United States claim was the border between Texas and Mexico? _Rio Grande River____
  2. What river did Mexico claim was the border between Texas and Mexico? _Nueces River______
  1. What happened in the Archives War? _As the Mexican army closed in close to Austin, Sam Houston worried that the important records of Texas would be destroyed. In order to protect the records he wanted to move the documents to Houston. People became very upset with this and said no, the archives needed to stay in the capital. People believed the Houston was trying to make Houston the capital again.______