US HISTORY Texas
How many acres does mexico give to Americans
1,300 acres of land
What special conditions can people enter mexico
1. No slaves 2. Make sure they are good people 3. Everyone must be catholic
How many Americans stood win the Alamo
187 Americans
Where was the new northern latitude?
49th parallel
What was the slogan for the Oregon boundary line
54 40 or fight
What does US say when Texas asks to be in the union
NO!!!
Mexico claimed where was the border
Nueces River
Texas calls themselves what .....
The Lone Star State
Treaty od Guadalupe Hidalgo
The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexico agreed to give the US more than 500,000 square miles of territory
what area would the 500,000 square miles of territory from mexico become
this area would become California and Nevada and almost all of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Arizona
Polk sent Zachary Taylor to do what?
to sit and tempt the Mexicans at he rio grande
Who from Illinois says it is pointless to have soldiers in mexico right now
Abraham Lincoln
What happened after the fall of Mexico City
After the fall of the capital (Mexico city) the Mexican leaders could no longer send more troops into battle since there were more losses than wins
Where was Gadsden from
Charleston
What delayed the railroad constraction??
Civil War
The south would like to grow what from the east to the west coast
Cotton
Name three Americans that were the most important in the Alamo
Davy Crockett, Travis, and Boruic
Polk did not want to fight a two front war with what two countries
England and Mexico
Who does the president want to talk to the Mexico
Gasden
Who had the honor of capturing capital of Mexico
General Scott
Explain the money negotiation of mexico
In exchange America gives Mexico 15 million and agreed to take over 3 million in debts the Mexican government owed the states
Taylor and his troops take care of what area
Marched west from the gulf coast and captured Monterrey
What do the Mexicans do that starts the Mexican war
Mexicans got drunk because of the Mexican feast day and they start to shoot at us
Gasden is the ambassador to where
Mexico
Texas is owned by what country
Mexico
what was the deal wth some people in congress not voting
People didn't trust Polk so they wouldn't vote
What does Polk do that make people uncertain of him
Polk leaves out tons of information to congress about the Mexican war
Who sparks up the Mexican War
President Polk
US claimed the border was at what river
Rio Grande
The Mexican war gave war experience to what people
Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant
What person did Taylor's troops capture??
Santa Anna
Who was the new Mexican leader
Santa Anna
Since mexico is poor how do they receive money??
Sell land to America
What question came up again after the new land opened
Slavery
The south wants a what from Charleston to California
South decides a transcontinental railroad track from Charleston to California
Who asked for permission to bring 300 families with him to mexico
Stephen Austin
What does mexico say when we tempt them at the rio grande
That we invaded mexico
Name some characteristic of Santa Anna
Very Strict and hates Texas
Empressarios
business guys that deal with Mexico
Colonel Kearny led his troops where
led troops west of Missouri toward Santa Fe
By 1835 what was an argument between texans and Mexicans
texans to want slaves and more land
Who wants to become their own republic
texas