Question | Answer |
1.) The Texas Constitution is modeled after the United States and what state constitution? | Louisiana
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2.) Popular Sovereignty means? | The people vote or people have the power
| 3.) What protects our individual right in Texas? | Texas Bill of Rights
| 4.) Texas tried to be annexed several times prior to 1845 what was the main reason the U.S. denied Texas | Slavery
| 5.) What did Texas want to get rid of by being annexed into the United States? | Debt
| 6.) What U.S. president annexed Texas into the United States? | James K. Polk
| 7.) James Polk believed in what? | Manifest Destiny
| 8.) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended what war? | U.S.-Mexican War
| 9.) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and 15 millions dollars gave the United States what 5 current day U.S. States? | California, Utah,Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado
| 10.) According to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo what river is now the border of southern most Texas | Rio Grade
| 11.) Most slaves were in what parts of Texas? | South and East
| 12.) What Compromise made the Texas Borders what they are today? | Compromise of 1850
| 13.) Name an early German settlement that is now a major Texas city? | New Braunsfels
| 14.) Population is growing during this current era. What is the current era we are studying? | Era of Early State Hood
| 15.) All European immigrants were coming into Texas by boat. What port or town were they coming into? | Galveston |