Statehood for Texas

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Statehood for Texas

• Chapter 12 Vocabulary

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LEGISLATURE

• A government body that has the power to make or
  pass laws.

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Executive branch

• The part of the government that carries out the
  laws

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Legislative Branch

• The part of the government that makes the laws.

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Judicial Branch

• The part of the government that interprets the
  laws and applies these laws in the court system.

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Governor

• The highest ranking officer in the state
  government.

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Lieutenant governor

• The second highest ranking officer in the state
  govt.

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Cession

• The transfer of land from one country to another.

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Abolitionist

• A person who wants to end slavery.

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Constitution of 1845

• The statehood constitution that outlines the
  three branches of govt., creates the executive
  offices, the legislative arm of govt., and the
  judicial offices.

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James P. Henderson

• The first governor of TX 1845
• Established the first govt. of TX
• Governed during war with Mexico

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Manifest Destiny

• first used primarily by Jackson Democrats after
  1845 to promote annexation of the Oregon
  Territory, the Texas Annexation, and the Mexican
  Cession.
• The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand

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Zachary Taylor

• Known as Old rough ready
• Many victories in War w/Mexico led to his
  election as U.S. President 1848

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War with Mexico

• U.S. declared war May 13,1846
• Texans view war as chance to remember the Alamo

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Mariano Arista

• Mexican general led troops South of Rio Grande
  during the US-Mexico war
• Becomes Pres. Of Mex after the war

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Texas Rangers

• Created by SFA to protect settlers from Native
  American raids
• Fought served as scouts in US-Mex war
• Called los diablos Tejanos by Mexicans due to
  their fighting ability (they adopted fighting
  style of Comanches)

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Helped U.S. achieve Manifest Destiny because
  Mexico agreed to
• Recognize TX as part of the US
• Surrender all land between TX Pacific Ocean

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Henry Clay

• Wrote the Compromise of 1850

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Compromise of 1850

• California became a state
• New Mexico Utah become territories
• Slave trade is ended (but not slavery)
• TX gets 10million in exchange for disputed land
  north and west (along Rio Grande)