Chapter 6: The Road to Statehood

What does legislature mean?

• the group of elected people who make the new laws

• a decision

• a territory that becomes part of a larger country

• a small battle

What does expand mean?

• a line that separates one place from another

• to spread out

• a small battle

• the group of elected people who make the new laws

What does skirmish mean?

• a line that separates one place from another

• to spread out

• a small battle

• a territory that becomes part of a larger country

What does annexation mean?

• the group of elected people who make the new laws

• a decision

• a territory that becomes part of a larger country

• to spread out

What does resolution mean?

• the group of elected people who make the new laws

• a decision

• a territory that becomes part of a larger country

• a line that separates one place from another

What does boundary mean?

• a line that separates one place from another

• to spread out

• a small battle

• a decision

Texas was the _______ state of the United States.

• 30th

• 14th

• 26th

• 28th

Who was the first governor of Texas?

• Sam Houston

• James Pinckney Henderson

• Jose Antonio Navarro

• Anson Jones

_____________________ is a holiday that honors the heritage of Mexico.

• Oktoberfest

• San Antonio

• Valentine's Day

• Cinco de Mayo

________________________________ was the treaty signed on February 2, 1848 to end the Mexican-American war.

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• The Mexican-American Treaty

• The Treaty of Tejanos

• The Treaty of Velasco