Ch.

14 The Young State

Jeopardy Review
7 th Texas History
4/26/10
Vocabulary A New State War with Immigrants
& People Government Mexico come to TX

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200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500
600 600 600 600
Vocabulary & People 100
A complete count of the population
Vocabulary & People 100
What is a census?
Vocabulary & People 200
The offspring on an ancestor
Vocabulary & People 200
What is a descendant?
Vocabulary & People 300
The message left on many abandoned homes
Vocabulary & People 300
What is GTT (Gone to Texas)?
Vocabulary & People 400
A person who drives a team of animals
Vocabulary & People 400
What is a teamster?
Vocabulary & People 500
The Texas governor who took a leave of absence to
command Texas troops during the war with Mexico
Vocabulary & People 500
Who is J. Pickney Henderson?
Vocabulary & People 600
Military leader who moved his troops across the
Nueces River to the Rio Grande
Vocabulary & People 600
Who is Zachary Taylor?
A New State Government 100
This political party in Texas tried to keep immigrants
from voting
A New State Government 100
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
A New State Government 200
Members in this legislative body were elected to two-
year terms
A New State Government 200
What is the House of Representatives?
A New State Government 300
Members in this legislative body were elected to four-
year terms of office
A New State Government 300
What is the Senate?
A New State Government 400
This political party in Texas favored annexation into
the United States.
A New State Government 400
What is the Democratic Party?
A New State Government 500
This political party in Texas opposed expanding
slavery to new territories
A New State Government 500
What is the Whig Party?
A New State Government 600
This is a political meeting of delegates to select
candidates
A New State Government 600
What is a caucus?
War with Mexico 100
This is a person who worked toward an end to slavery
War with Mexico 100
What is an abolitionist?
War with Mexico 200
This action led directly to fighting between U.S. forces
and the Mexican army
War with Mexico 200
What is Polk’ s order to move troops across the
Nueces River?
War with Mexico 300
This representative was sent to negotiate with Mexico
regarding the border dispute in Texas
War with Mexico 300
Who is John Slidell?
War with Mexico 400
This treaty ended the war between Mexico and the
United States
War with Mexico 400
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
War with Mexico 500
The vast area of land that was transferred from Mexico
to the United States after the war (what is it known
as?)
War with Mexico 500
What is the Mexican Cession?
War with Mexico 600
This group of Texans served as scouts during the war
with Mexico
War with Mexico 600
Who were the Texas Rangers?
Immigrants come to Texas 100
Most settlers who came to Texas in the early years of
statehood came from this region
Immigrants Come to Texas 100
What is the Southeast United States?
Immigrants come to Texas 200
This New York newspaper carried a letter urging
European Jews to move to Texas
Immigrants Come to Texas 200
What is the Asmonean?
Immigrants come to Texas 300
In the 1840’s and 1850’s most European immigrants
came from this area
Immigrants Come to Texas 300
What is Germany?
Immigrants come to Texas 400
She was known as the “First Lady of Texas”
Immigrants Come to Texas 400
Who is Francis Cox Henderson?
Immigrants come to Texas 500
Under this law, settlers were able to obtain land simply
by living on it
Immigrants Come to Texas 500
What is the Homestead Act?
Immigrants come to Texas 600
This was recognized as the southern boundary of
Texas according to Mexico
Immigrants Come to Texas 600
What is the Nueces River?