1. Tompkins Statehood General Vocabulary General Vocabulary People

2. Tompkins Statehood General Vocabulary

3. Tompkins joint resolution To be approved by both houses in order to become a law

4. Tompkins legislative branch branch of government that makes laws

5. Tompkins legislature Group of lawmakers in the legislative branch that is divided into two separate groups; House of Representatives and Senate

6. Tompkins executive branch Branch that carries out the law and is lead by a chief executive

7. Tompkins chief executive Leader of the executive branch states have a governor US has a president

8. Tompkins governor Executive leader of a state

9. Tompkins lieutenant governor Second highest leader of the executive branch for states

10. Tompkins judicial branch branch that interprets and applies the laws in the courts

11. Tompkins manifest destiny Term used to describe westward expansion by the United States

12. Tompkins Mexican War In 1846, after Texas became a state, U.S. and Mexico fought over the southern boundary. Mexico thought it was at the Nueces River. The United States thought the border was the Rio Grande River.

13. Tompkins Rio Grande River Texas’ border with Mexico (according to Texas and the United States)

14. Tompkins Nueces River Texas’ border with Mexico (according to Mexico)

15. Tompkins Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Agreement between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican War. It included the sale of Mexican lands between Texas and California to the United States.

16. Tompkins Compromise of 1850 Texas accepted $10 million for disputed territory that later formed parts of New Mexico and Colorado

17. Tompkins Statehood People

18. Tompkins James K. Polk U.S. President during the Mexican War

19. Tompkins Texas Rangers Group of lawmen who helped the US in the Mexican War (still exists today)

20. Tompkins Henry Clay US Senator from Kentucky who came up with the Compromise of 1850

21. Tompkins General Zachary Taylor General of the United States forces that fought in the Mexican War; he later served as President of the United States

22. Tompkins James P. Henderson Governor of Texas who fought in the Mexican War

23. Tompkins Statehood In 1845, Texas became a State in the country of the United States thanks to a joint resolution of Congress. The state’s government was set up in three branches. The executive branch, led by the chief executive- the governor and lieutenant governor, who carry out the laws. The legislative branch made of the legislature make the laws and the judicial branch, made of the judges and court system. People of the United States believed in manifest destiny which contributed to the Mexican War. The countries fought over what the southern border of Texas would be: the Nueces River or the Rio Grande River. The President during the Mexican War was James K. Polk. Zachary Taylor led the American troops and won with the help of the Texas Rangers and governor Henderson. Taylor later became President himself. The outcomes of the war were the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo and Henry Clay’s Compromise of 1850.

24. Tompkins Shining Star B Pg 181 Vocabulary Pre-Reading Pg 186-188 Texas declares independence and The Lone Star Republic with timeline activity

25. Tompkins Shining Star C Pg 120-122 Words of Freedom: Compare to Texas Independence and branches of govenment