Statehood

Which of the following are arguments FOR annexation of TX to the USA?

• Family/Business Ties

• Help pay off TX debt

• Military Protection

• Another free state into the Union

Fill in the blank: At the time of TX annexation, the North had a ____________________ economy.

• manufacturing

• agricultural

• political

• blacksmithing

Fill in the blank: During the time of TX annexation, the south had a ________________ economy.

• manufacturing

• agricultural

• political

• blacksmithing

The picture above gives an example of what?

• Survival of the fittest

• Manifest Destiny

• The Great Migration

• Trail of Tears

Fill in the Blank: Manifest Destiny is the belief that the U.S was meant to spread __________ across North America.

• East

• North

• South

• West

Northerners opposed expansion because they did not want to spread what practice?

• Agricultural

• Slavery

• printing

• manufacturing

What were the political parties of James K. Polk and Henry Clay?

• Polk-Whig; Clay-Democrat

• Polk-Republican; Clay-Whig

• Polk-Democrat; Clay-Whig

• Polk-Know-Nothings; Clay-Republican

In what year does Texas join the United States?

• 1836

• 1821

• 1861

• 1845

Which U.S president supported TX annexation?

• George Washington

• James K. Polk

• Sam Houston

• Abraham Lincolg

Fill in the blank: Federalism is a system of government where the power is distributed between the _______________ and the ________________ government

• state, federal

• president, senate

• president, federal

• senate, national