7th grade TX History Final Exam Review

The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.

Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million

distribution of powers between a federal government and the states within a union

rule by the people

A principle of government where the central government is divided into two or more branches, each having its own responsibilities and authorities.

A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives serving at the will of the people. The government is based on consent of the governed.

makes laws

enforces the laws

judges the laws

abolishes slavery

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

This amendment granted black men the right to vote.

Juneteenth; the date slaves were declared free in Texas

act of manufacturing a variety of products

the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

use of automatic machinery to increase production

An abbreviation of anything that can be sold or traded on an exchange

the belief that the U.S. should extend all the way to the pacific ocean

Texas Independence, Sam Houston 1st President, SFA dies

Annexation of Texas

First Republican President Lincoln and South Carolina secedes

Battle of Little Big Horn (Custer's Last Stand), Constitution of 1876 is adopted

War between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865 to end slavery

the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union from 1865 to 1877

Northerns who moved to the South after the Civil War for monetary gain.

A southern abolitionist