Annexation and Early Statehood

Which two rivers did the US and Mexico dispute over?

• Rio Grande

• Sabine River

• Red River

• Nueces River

California was admitted as a _____________ state

• slave

• voting

• small

• free, non - slave

Northerners opposed Texas annexation because:

• the Compromise of 1850

• The Rio Grande

• slaves states would become too powerful

• Gadsden Purchase

The belief that the US was meant to spread from coast to coast:

• Westward Expansion

• Early Statehood

• Manifest Destiny

• Annexation

-Protection from Mexico and Native Americans

-Use of the US dollar

-Family ties

• Cons from Texas Point of View

• Cons from US Point of View

• Pros from Texas Point of View

• Pros from US Point of view

-Too much debt

-War with Mexico

-Slave states will become too powerful!

• Cons from Texas Point of View

• Cons from US Point of View

• Pros from Texas Point of View

• Pros from US Point of view

Which US President annexed Texas?

• Maribeau Lamar

• Sam Houston

• James Polk

• George Washington

Texas had a lot of _____________ that attracted people from all over the world.

• people

• cheap land

• animals

• religion

What was one of the results of the Mexican- American war?

• Mexico gave up Texas

• We gained the 13 colonies

• They continued to fight

• Louisiana was purchased

In what year was Texas annexed?

• 1803

• 1519

• 1836

• 1845