1. Study guide

2. Know the 7 principles of government
Checks and balances
Federalism
Republicanism
Individual rights
Separation of power
Limited Government
Popular Sovereignty

3. Empresarios Similar to real-estate agents Brought families to TX
Set up best land deals
Acted as representative for the colony

4. Presidents of Texas
Anson Jones
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar

5. Against TX Annexation
Slave state
Debt
Conflict with Mexico

6. Civil War TX was a Confederate state Slavery Geography
Believed in states rights

7. Fugitive Slave Act Forced idea of slavery into North
North didn’t want to follow act
A “slave” could be convicted on testimony of 1 person
Very corrupt system

8. 3 causes of Civil War
Slavery
State’s rights
Tariffs

9. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Finally set border of TX at Rio Grande
Mexico finally agreed to recognize TX
Mexico gave US land
US gave Mexico $15 million
Officially ended the Mexican-American War

10. What attracted settlers
Cheap land

11. Battle of Gonzales First battle of TX Revolution Started TX Revolution
“Come and Take It!”

12. Bill of Rights
1st 10 amendments to US Constitution

13. New Braunfels
Majority of settlers from Germany

14. TX Constitution vs. US Constitution
3 branches of government
TX Constitution longest in nation
TX constitution amended over 400 times
US constitution amended close to 30 times
Bill of Rights

15. 13th Amendment—banned slavery
14th Amendment—gave freedmen the rights of citizens
15th Amendment—gave freedmen right to vote

16. Reconstruction Rebuilding the south Rebuilding the nation
Passing of amendments
Black Codes
KKK
Rebuild
Feelings
Economy
country

17. State Advantages Stronger economy Protection
Close ties/connections to US

18. Jim Crow Laws Another term for “slavery” Segregated blacks and whites
Separate parts of everyday life

19. Black Codes Spelled out rights for blacks
Keep freed men at bottom of social order

20. Drawbacks of becoming a state
Have to give up some individual state’s rights
Allow slave state to enter union

21. Law of April 6, 1830 Canceled all empresario contracts
Outlawed slavery
Placed taxes on US goods

22. TX Constitution Longest in US Amended over 400 times Bill of Rights
Follows 1876 constitution

23. Sharecroppers vs. Tenant farmers
Rented plots of land
Paid landlord with 1/3 of crop
Owned own animals
Sharecroppers
“shared” crops with landowners
Owned very little
Very, very poor

24. 3 branches of government
Executive
Carries out laws
Judicial
Judges laws
Legislative
Creates laws

25. 3 North Advantages Majority of factories Larger population Railroads
industrial

26. Manifest Destiny
The idea/belief the US was to spread to the Pacific Ocean

27. Literacy tests
Poll taxes
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
“grandfather” clauses