Texas Statehood

How did Texas settle the land?

• Emigration

• Empresarios

• Colonies

• Reservations

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.

•  Nueces River, Rio Grande River
• 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

U.S. citizens believed it was their God-Given fate to travel westward, which they titled what?

• American Expansion 
• Westward Ho!
• Manifest Destiny

Which statement best reflects the Mexican point of view toward the causes of the Mexican-US war?

• the Mexican government should pay for damages caused to US property during the Texas Revolution.

• the US offered too much money for California

• because of Manifest Destiny, the US had a right to expand its territory to the Pacific Ocean

• Mexico never acknowledged Texas as independent and believed the U.S. had no right to take it

What was a direct result of the annexation of Texas?

• American Revolution
• U.S. Mexican War
• Texas Revolution
• Civil War

When did Texas become a part of the U.S.?

• 1836

• 1845

• 1850

• 1861

Who is the man responsible for leading roughly 20,000 American, Mexican and European settlers into Texas in 1835?

• Mario Hemmingway

• Stephen Austin

• Mark Jones

Who was responsible for leading the troops who defeated Santa Anna at the battle of San Jacinto?

• Sam Houston

• Douglas MacArthur

• Ulysses S. Grant

Texas became the number what state to join the United States?

• 2nd

• 28th

• 45th

Because I set aside land for public schools and two universities during my term as President of the Republic of Texas, I am often called the “Father of Texas Education.” Who am I?

• Juan N. Seguin

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Sam Houston

• Sam Rayburn