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

Northern States wanted another slave state

What is Manifest Destiny?

Americans' belief that it was their God given right to own the land from East to West, from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.

Texas' future to reach the Pacific ocean.

An angel flying through the air from East to West.

One issue between Texas, Mexico, and the US was...

A dispute on territorial boundaries

A dispute on how much Texas was worth

Mexico and the U.S. disagreed on the southern border of Texas. Mexico believed the ____________ was the border while the U.S. believed that the ___________ was the border.

Mexico and the U.S. agreed that the Nueces River was the border

Texans believed that the border was the Gulf of Mexico

The border kept changing based upon Indian Wars

The Compromise of 1850 did what for Texas directly?

Gave Texas our modern day borders and paid off Texas' debt

Split Texas between the states of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Louisiana

Allowed Mexico to reclaim all of Texas

Why did people decide to move to Texas?

Events in Europe (like war) led people to other lands

Texas offered freedom from political / religious persecution

Why is Anson Jones important to Texas history?

He was the last president of the Republic of Texas.

He helped to write the Texas state constitution.

He was the first governor of the state of Texas.

He worked to keep Texas an independent nation.

Sam Houston, who played a major role in the founding of Texas as a republic, worried that Texas faced many problems it would not be able to handle as an independent country, and he supported the idea of joining the United States. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why Sam Houston supported the idea of Texas joining the United States?

He wanted to remove all of the Native American groups from Texas and felt that the only way to accomplish that was to join the United States.

He felt that Texas needed the protection from Mexico that the United States could provide.

exas had large debts as a result of its fight for independence from Mexico, and they needed the support that the United States could offer.

Texas needed the services that being part of a large nation could provide, such as a postal system.

Which of the following best explains why the economy of the Republic of Texas struggled after it became its own country?

They were facing a very large debt as a result of money borrowed during the fight for independence from Mexico.

The coast along the Gulf of Mexico was not under their control, making trade with other nations very difficult.

The population was so large that there was no way for the government to support it.

All of the farmable land in the new Republic was held by Native American groups.

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

All of these answers are correct

The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary

America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny

The U.S. recently annexed Texas

Texas Annexation/Statehood/MexicanAmericanWar

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Sam Houston's stance on the Native American issue facing the Republic of Texas?

Make peace with Native Americans

Go to war for the land

Get help from Mexico

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main issue between Texas and Mexico during the Republic of Texas?

Santa Anna was still being held captive

Mexico did not recognize the Independence of Texas

Mexico did not like the mistreatment of Natives by the Texans

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What caused the country of Texas to be in so much debt?

The Texas Revolution

The Texas rangers cost too much to protect the people.

Moving the capital building.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lamar believed in education setting aside land for public schools

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Public debt was a major issue of the Republic of Texas

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What year was Texas annexed to the United States?

1819

1836

1845

1861

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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Texas Annexation/Statehood/MexicanAmericanWar

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What was Sam Houston's stance on the Native American issue facing the Republic of Texas?

What was the main issue between Texas and Mexico during the Republic of Texas?

What caused the country of Texas to be in so much debt?

Lamar believed in education setting aside land for public schools

Public debt was a major issue of the Republic of Texas

What year was Texas annexed to the United States?

What was Texas Annexation?

Which war happened because of Texas Annexation?

Who was President of the United States when Texas was annexed?

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

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