Texas Annexation Review

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 an independent country

• Texas joining the Confederacy

• Texas joining Mexico

When Texas became a state, the __________________ became the top state government official.

• the senator

• the president

• the representative

• the governor

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

• President Henry Clay

• President John Tyler

• President James Polk

• President Sam Houston

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

• Oil production

• Manifest Destiny

• Northern States wanted another slave state

• None of the above

What is a Joint Resolution in Congress?

• an agreement between judges in the Judicial Branch of government.

• a statement between two military generals that ends a war.

• A presidential veto of a Congressional bill.

• a statement passed by both houses of Congress (Senate/House of Representatives) that has the force of law.

How many states did the U. S. Congress say Texas could be divided into?

• 3

• 7

• 5

• 4

Sam Houston did NOT support annexation.

• True

• False

What is Manifest Destiny?

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

• An agreement between countries to pause warfare for a short while.

• Texas' idea that they needed to gain its independence from Mexico.

• The progress of industrialization in the Texas.

Texas was the ________ state to be annexed to the United States.

• 21st

• 19th

• 28th

• 45th