Makes the laws

Carries out the laws

Interprets the law and administers justice to those that break the law

The first governor of the state of Texas

A U.S. general who captured Mexico City during the Mexican War

A U.S. general during the Mexican War. He was elected president in 1848

The president of the United States during the Mexican War

The idea that the United States had the God-given right and the duty to spread across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Strong in the South because it looked after the interests of farmers and favored slavery

Was against the spread of slavery into the western territories that the U.S. acquired following the Mexican War and many would later join the new Republican Party in the 1850s

Mexico claimed that the southern border of Texas was the Nueces River and Texas claimed that it was further south at the Rio Grande

The U.S. set up a fort in the disputed territory then Mexico was angry and fighting broke out

1-The idea of manifest destiny; 2-The failure of Mexico to recognize Texas' independence; 3-The annexation of Texas into the U.S; 4-Border dispute in Texas

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

1-Mexico gave up all claims to Texas; 2-Rio Grande is southern border of Texas; 3-The U.S. received all territory between western Texas and the Pacific Ocean; 4-The US would pay Mexico $15 million

There are 7: California; Nevada; Utah; Wyoming; Colorado; New Mexico; Arizona

Southwest part of the US comes from the Mexican Cession

Current state of Oklahoma

Land set aside for Native American to move to and live

Comanche and Apache

Built a string of forts to protect frontier settlements