Texas Annexation

The U.S. Senate rejected the 1844 annexation treaty because _____.

• Texas allowed slavery
• the government would have to pay off the republic's debt

What is Manifest Destiny?

• Texas' future to reach the Pacific ocean.
• Americans' belief that it was their God given right to own the land from East to West, from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.
• An angel flying through the air from East to West.
• The progress of the White man

Texas was the ________ state to be annexed to the United States.

• 27th
• 15th
• 51st
• 28th

What year was Texas annexed to the United States?

• 1819
• 1836
• 1845
• 1861

Who was the first country to recognize Texas as a Republic?

• Mexico
• Germany
• United States
• France

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

Which sentence best describes Manifest Destiny?

• The United States should not acquire Texas.
• The united States needed to compete for trade with Asia.
• The United States was meant to share North America with England and France.
• the United States had the right to settle North America from coast to coast.

What was one outcome of the US-Mexican War?

• The United States gained control of the Oregon Country.
• Mexico gave up all claims to Texas.
• Texas and the new territories had to give up slavery.
• Mexicans living in the new territories had to move to Mexico.

What was a question the U.S. had to debate when trying to decide if Texas should be allowed to join the union?

• How adding a slave state would affect the balance of Congress
• Who would control the Port of Galveston 
• Whether Lamar should be thrown in jail for the Santa Fe Expedition
• Who would be the leader of Texas when they became a territory

When Texas became a Republic this meant that...

• Texas was its own nation
• Texas was a part of Mexico
• Texas was a territory of the United States
• Texas was a state in the United States