Annexation

Why did many Texans want to be annexed to the United States?

• Texas would be a territory rather than a state
• Texas could be made into five (5) states
• Texas was larger as a republic than a state
• Texas' debts could be paid by the United States

What was the main reason the United States did not want to annex Texas?

• Annexation would lead to war with Mexico
• The United States did not recognize Texas as its own country
• Annexation would make more free states than slave states in the US legislature
• The US had laws about admitting states from Mexico

This President of Texas wanted Texas to join the United States of America.

• Anson Jones
• Mirabeau B. Lamar
• Sam Houston

What year did Texas get annexed into the United States?

• 1718
• 1821
• 1836
• 1845

Why was President Lamar against annexation into the U.S.?

• He thought Texas had the resources to become a great & powerful nation.
• He hated the United States..
• He did not want to have to get rid of slavery in order to be annexed.
• He knew would no longer be President if Texas joined U.S.

Mirabeau B. Lamar was ________ annexation of Texas into the United States.

• For
• Against

Sam Houston was _______ annexation of Texas into the United States.

• For
• Against

What does annexation mean?

• To get rid of something
• To join a nation (like the USA)
• To build foreign relations
• To remove the Native Americas

The major issue facing the Republic of Texas during Anson Jones’ presidency was

• annexation to the United States
• A  American Indian attacks
• tension between Texas and Mexico
• building the Texas military

Annexation of Texas was controversial in the United States because ____________________________________.

• it would increase the number of states that did not allow slavery
• it could lead to war with Spain
• it would increase the number of states that allowed slavery
• it would interfere with Manifest Destiny