Annexation and Early Statehood

Multiple Choice

What year did the Mexican American war begin?

• 1946

• 1746

• 1846

• 2046

Multiple Choice

The Mexican-American war ended in what year?

• 1848

• 1849

• 1851

Multiple Choice

In this treaty, the U.S. promised to protect the freedom of Mexicans living in the lands gained from Mexico.

• Mariano Vallejo

• Guadalupe Hidalgo

Multiple Choice

Mexico argued that the Texas border was the Nueces River, while the U.S. believed it was the ________ river

• Rio Grande
• Mississippi
• Colorado

Multiple Choice

This president was a strong believer in expanding the nation westward

• Henry Clay
• Andrew Jackson
• James K. Polk

Multiple Choice

The lands gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican War are known as the 

• Texas Annexation
• Mexican Cession
• Gadsen Purchase

Multiple Choice

What is annexation?

• formal joining of one country to another

• formal judging of one country to another

• formal juggling of one country to another

Multiple Choice

Why would northern states in the US vote against annexation of Texas

• Expansion of Slavery

• threat of war with spain

• competition for the rail lines

• Battle of the Alamo

Multiple Choice

France and Great Britain helped bring peace with Mexico because

• an independent Texas would slow US expansion

• Texas owed money for supplies purchased for the Revolution

• They hoped to send many more settlers to Texas

• Sam Houston as greatly admired in Europe

Multiple Choice

The belief that the United States was meant to spread across North America from the East to the West

• Manifest Destiny

• North American Destiny

• North American Manifesto

• Manifest Glorification

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the year 1845 in Texas History?

• The Texans lost the Battle of the Alamo

• Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas

• Texas was annexed by the United States

• The Spanish built the Mission San Antonio de Valero

Multiple Choice

Why did many Texans favor annexation to the US?

• Debts would be paid

• Texas would be a territory rather than a state

• Texas would keep 21 million acres of public land

• Texas would be turned into 5 separate states

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was the MAIN REASON that the US would not annex Texas in 1837

• It was afraid of provoking(starting) a war with Mexico

• It did not recognize the Texas Independence

• It did not want to raise problems with slave holders in the US

Multiple Choice

Anson Jones was a leader (president) during

• The Mexican War

• The Texas Revolution

• Texas Statehoood

• Republic of Texas

Multiple Choice

In what year did the Republic of Texas begin?

• 1824

• 1836

• 1845

• 1861

Multiple Choice

In what year did the Republic of Texas begin?

• 1824

• 1836

• 1845

• 1861