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| What happened at the Battle of Buena Vista | It was a battle in the Mexican War where U.S. General Zachary Taylor defeated Mexican General Santa Anna. |
| What happened to the Mexicans living in the Mexican Cession | They could choose either Mexican or U.S. citizenship and they could keep their lands. |
| What was the reaction of the Mexican government to Texas's annexation by the U.S. | The Mexican government was insulted. |
| What were the provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Mexico surrendered the Mexican Cession which is the territory between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. |
| Where did most of the European immigrants to Texas come from in the 1840s and 1850s | Germany |
| Why did many Germans migrate to Texas in the mid-1840s | overpopulation, povery, famine, political reasons |
| What political party did most Texans identify with in the 1840s | Democratic Party |
| What party did not want new immigrants to vote or hold office | American Party |
| What party wanted to end the extension of slavery and represented business interests in the 1840s? | Whig Party |
| What is a consitution? | a document that sets up a government |
| Why did the U.S. forces defeat the Mexican army? | Better led and better equipped |
| What tresty ended the Mexican-American War? | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| Where did the U.S. try to send Native Americans to get them out of the way of settlers in Texas? | Native American Reservations |
| What battle started the Mexican-American War? | Battle of Palo Alto and Resaca de Palma |
| Man who negotiated with Mexico before the war? | John Slidell |
| General who captured Mexico City in 1847? | Winfield Scott |
| Nickname for the American Party? | Know-Nothing Party |
| Mexican commander defeated by Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista | Santa Anna |
| What did free African Americans have to do to remain in Texas after 1840? | petition the legislature for the right to stay |
| How did most Texans during the 1840s make a living? | Farming and Ranching |
| What were the main reasons people from the southern United States came to Texas | annexation, cheap land and legalized slavery |
