Early Annexation of Texas

Who was President of the United States when Texas was annexed?

• President Polk
• President Tyler
• President Clay
• President Houston

By how many votes in the US Senate did annexation fail the first time?

• 1
• 5
• 10
• 30

What was one of the reasons many Americans wanted to annex Texas?

• Northern States wanted another slave state
• Oil production
• Manifest Destiny
• none of the above

What year was annexation of Texas completed?

• 1844
• 1846
• 1845
• 1832

Who was President of Texas during annexation?

• Sam Houston
• Anson Jones
• James Polk
• Mirabeau Lamar

What is a Joint Resolution in Congress?

• agreement between President and Congress
• informal expression of intent, requires a simple majority to pass (less than 2/3 necessary for a treaty)
• agreement between President of Texas and President of US
• formal expression of intent, requires simple majority to pass (less than 2/3 necessary for a treaty)
  

How many states did they say Texas could be divided into?

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6

On December 29, 1845, Texas became the ____ state of the Union.

• 50th
• 5th
• 18th
• 28th

February 19, 1846, James Pinckney Henderson became the _____ Governor of Texas.

• first
• second
• temporary
• ad interim

Constitution of 1845 was modeled after the US, Republic of Texas, and ____________ constitutions.

• Mexico
• Alabama
• Louisiana
• Oklahoma