1. What was the first thing Texas needed upon gaining independence? _______________________________________ 2. Sam Houston was e
lected the 1st President of the Republic of Texas – which two men did he defeat in that election? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Name 2 major issues Texas faced after winning independence. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What was the Texas Rangers’ main duty after the Revolution? ____________________________________________ 5. What is annexation? ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. What document stated that the President could not serve consecutive terms? ________________________________________________________________ 7. Which President of Texas opposed annexation? ________________________________________________________ 8. The Council House Fight included chiefs from which Native American group? ________________________________ 9. Who received the most land in TX through public land grants? ____________________________________________ 10. I was a blacksmith and interpreter for Sam Houston during the Revolution. Who am I? ________________________ 11. What were the 2 major cash crops in TX during this time? ________________________________________________ 12. What were built to meet the need for lumber to build homes and stores? ___________________________________ 13. What invention in the 1840s transformed communications? ______________________________________________ 14. Name 1 reason the Senate rejected the Annexation Treaty of 1844. _______________________________________ 15. What is Manifest Destiny? _________________________________________________________________________ 16. Why were the British opposed to annexation of Texas by the United States? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Who was President of the U.S. when annexation of Texas was finally approved? ______________________________ 18. On December 29, __________ (year), the President signed the resolution that made Texas a state and Texas would become the ___________ state of the United States. 19. Why did Texas need a new constitution in 1845? ______________________________________________________ 20. Who was elected as the 1st governor of Texas? ________________________________________________________ 21. What did Polk tell Congress was the reason that the U.S. needed to declare war on Mexico? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 22. Which Mexican General resurfaced during this war, attacking U.S. troops? __________________________________ 23. Which treaty ended the war between the U.S. and Mexico in 1848? ________________________________________ 24. Mexico accepted that the _______________________________ River was the boundary between U.S. and Mexico. 25. Mexico surrendered all territory between western Texas and the Pacific Ocean. What was this area called? _______________________________________________________ Bonus: What did the U.S. (Texas) and Mexico not agree on that eventually led to the start of the war? __________________________________________________________________________________________________
The perfect illustrative example of this would be the Department of Education. States have the power to enact their own education policies and nowhere is education laid out as a federal duty. And yet, a Federal department exists.
They enter by setting policies and giving enough money to the States to follow the federal policies.
