Life in the Lonestar State
Across
- 5. a statement passed by both houses of a legislature that has the force of law
- 7. middle-class landowners and artisans. Most were educated
- 9. the 28th U.S. state
- 10. American general that won many key battles in the Mexican American war
- 12. The group who denied the annexation of Texas into the United States
- 15. a crop grown for the purpose of being sold
- 20. the belief that the US was destined to extend its borders west to the Pacific Ocean
- 22. This group tried to stop Texas from being annexed
- 23. A group that was denied citizenship, their right to marry was limited, and they could not gain permanent residence in Texas
Down
- 1. represented farmers and workers. They supported TX annexation and slavery (popular in the south)
- 2. a mixture of Spanish and English cattle
- 3. US President during the Mexican American War
- 4. believed in nativism. They wanted to prevent immigration. Many did not like religions such as Catholicism
- 6. Texas claimed their border with Mexico was the Rio Grande, but Mexico claimed it was the
- 8. a crop grown to be used on the farm where it was raised
- 11. did not like the annexation of TX, wanted to abolish slavery, popular in the north)
- 13. The painting about Manifest Destiny
- 14. a person licensed and paid in land or money to bring settlers into a country
- 16. payment for damages and suffering
- 17. People who were treated poorly by Anglo-American settlers after Texas gained independence
- 18. the incorporating of a country or territory into another country or territory
- 19. This country had land in the west, and they were afraid that if Texas were to be annexed
- 21. African Americans who were forced to work on plantations/farms