Statehood Review Sheet PAP

Name: ______Date: ______Class: ______

Statehood Review sheet—PAP Identification: Explain why this person, place or item was important to the new state of Texas. 1. Jose Antonio Navarro:

2. John Slidell:

3. San Francisco:

4. Mirabeau Lamar:

5. Zachary Taylor:

6. Winfield Scott:

7. Vera Cruz:

8. Buena Vista:

9. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo:

10. Pearce Act:

Short Answer: 11. List the agreements formed in the Treaty of Velasco.

12.What did the constitution of 1845 organize?

13. How were judges first chosen and how did this change?

14. What was the main issue the American or Know Nothing Party promoted?

15. Describe the Whig Party’s platform and explain why few Texans were members?

16. What party did most Texans support and why?

17. How did free African Americans participate in the government?

18. What did the Democratic Party borrow from the American Party? 19. List the causes of the Mexican War.

20. Why did Mexico not accept the Rio Grande as the border of the US and Mexico?

21. How did the Mexican War begin?

22. How did Texans serve in the Mexican War?

23. What helped the US defeat Mexico?

24. Why did Santa Fe not want to be part of Texas?

25. What did the US do to prevent clashes between the Native Americans and settlers?

Study your Map of the Mexican War, and all vocabulary or any other worksheet we have done for this chapter.