Early Statehood Era

U.S. President Martin Van Buren didn't want to annex TX because he worried it would anger _____

• Great Britain

• Mexico

• Northern Territories

• Spain

In 1844, the US and TX made a treaty for TX to join the US as a _____, but it never happened.

• Colony

• Republic

• State

• Territory

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

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

• Native American raids in Texas were frequent

• many Texans did not want to join the Union

• Texas allowed slavery

Many Americans believed in __ which was their right to settle from coast to coast.

• American Dream

• Manifest Destiny

• Monroe Doctrine

• National Rights

In 1845, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution admitting TX to the US as a _____.

• Colony

• Independent Nation

• State

• Republic

In the 1844 U.S. presidential election, ____ was the candidate who favored annexation of Texas.

• Henry Clay

• John O'Sullivan

• James K. Polk

• Martin Van Buren

Under the Texas Constitution of 1845, _____ were exempt from forced sales to pay off debts.

• Family Homesteads

• Farm Equipment

• Tejanos

• Veterans

The constitution of TX in 1845 made the state legislature provide support & maintenance of ___.

• Native American Reservations

• Public Schools

• Texas Navy

• Texas Rangers

The first governor of the state of Texas was ____.

• James Pinckney Henderson

• Sam Houston

• Anson Jones

• Mirabeau Lamar

The Texas Constitution of 1845 gave _____ the right to vote.

• Women

• Free African Americans

• Native Americans

• Tejanos