Annexation of Texas and Government

What does the term annexation mean?

• adding an area to part of another country

• to settle ar argument/dispute

• belief that the United States was destined to spread across North America.

• an issue or event taking place in your home country

Why did the U.S. reject Texas of annexation in 1837?

• they did not recognize Texas as a new republic

• they did not like Sam Houston

• they were afraid of starting a war with Mexico

• they never had plans of annexing Texas

Before Texas was annexed by the United States, many citizens did not want to annex Texas. Why?

• They would not be able to trade with Mexico

• There was no room for Texas in the United States

• Texas would be a free state and all states believed in slavery

• Texas was a slave state and would tip the balance of power

What year would Texas be annexed into the United States

• 1845

• 1836

• 1850

• 1863

What did the U.S. and Mexico have arguments over that would lead to war?

• They both had a differences on where the U.S./ Mexican border should be

• They both wanted to allow slavery

• They had problems with trading with each other

• They never had any problems

What was Manifest Destiny?

• the belief of spreading across North America

• an issue or event that occurs in your home country

• giving up/surrendering land

• adding land to another country

How did president Polk try to achieve Manifest Destiny?

• he offered to buy California and New Mexico from Mexico

• he tried to have all Natives leave Texas

• he was not interested in Manifest Destiny

• he tried to kick Texas out of the United States

What was the name of the treaty that ended the U.S.-Mexican War?

• Treaty of Velasco

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Ghent

After the war, The U.S. received land that make up present-day Arizona, Colorado, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. What impact did this make?

• U.S. achieved the goal of Manifest Destiny

• U.S. ended slavery

• Mexico became the most powerful empire in the world

• Nothing changed for the U.S.

Which principle of government states "the people have the power"

• federalism

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers