Life in the Lonestar State

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