Texas Independence and Annexation

What year was Texas annexed to the United States?

• 1819

• 1836

• 1845

• 1861

What was Texas Annexation?

• Texas becoming the 28th state of the United States

• Texas becoming a independent country

• Texas joining the Confederacy

• Texas joining Mexico

Which war happened because of Texas Annexation?

• Texas Revolution

• American Revolution

• US Mexican War

• Civil War

Why is The Alamo significant?

• It was the last battle of the Revolution

• It inspired Texans to fight

• It was the first battle of the Revolution

• Texas won its independence

When the Republic of Texas gave up its independence, it joined the United States as a --

• free trade zone

• sovereign nation

• territory

• state

I was the President of Mexico and led the attack on the Alamo. Who am I?

• David Crockett
• Santa Anna
• Lorenzo de Zavala
• Sam Houston

What was the Alamo originally built as?

• hospital

• church

• fort

• warehouse

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

Who campaigned for President by saying he wanted to annex Texas and make it a state?

• James K. Polk

• Millard Fillmore

• John Quincy Adams

• Sam Houston

What was one of the reasons many Americans wanted to annex Texas?

• Northern States wanted another slave state

• Oil production

• Manifest Destiny

• none of the above