| A | B |
|---|
| Texas Senate | 4 year term |
| Texas House of Representatives | 2 year term |
| convention | political meeting of delegates to select candidates |
| election of judges | shifted some power from politicians to voters |
| Mariano Paredes | president of Mexico during the war |
| westward expansion of trade | helped cause Mexican-American War |
| dispute over boundary of Texas | helped cause Mexican-American War |
| debts owed to American citizens | helped cause Mexican-American War |
| Treaty after Mexican-American war | the U.S. got all territory between Texas and the Pacific |
| Treaty after Mexican-American war | the U.S. would pay $15 million for land received |
| Treaty after Mexican-American war | Mexicans living in this area would have the rights of U.S. citizenship |
| abolitionist | worked to end slavery |
| census | complete count of population |
| GTT | Gone to Texas |
| Asmonean | New York newspaper encouraging European Jews to move to Texas |
| Alabama-Coushatta | Native American group peacefully living on reservation in Polk County |
| John Slidell | sent to negotiate with the Mexican government |
| Winfield Scott | general who captured Mesico City in 1847 |
| Mirabeau Lamar | served as President of the Republic of Texas and then as an officer in the U.S. army |
| writing a constitution | necessary part of setting up a state government |
| Whig Party | represented business interests in the 1830s and 1840s |
| American Party | wanted to restrict the rights of immigrants |
| this insulted the Mexican government | the U.S. annexed Texas as a state |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo | Mexico surrendered all land between Texas and Pacific |
| Mexican Cession | all territory surrendered by Mexico |
| why U.S. forces won Mexican-American War | better equipped and better led |
| ranchers and farmers | most common job for Mexican Americans in Texas during the late 1800s |
| Germany | most immigrants to Texas during the 1840s and 1850s |
| reservation | land set aside for Native American tribes |
| reservation | geographic area under Native American jurisdiction |
| reservation system | demanded that Native American tribes forsake much of their culture |
| reservation system | land appropriations were too small |
