Texas Republic & Annexation

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

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.

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

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

• President Polk
• President Tyler
• President Clay
• President 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

Why did Texas's annexation cause tension with Mexico?

• Mexicans feared that Texans would attack Tejanos
• Mexico was afraid of losing Texas as an ally
• Many Mexicans felt the America would try to take over Mexico through Texas
• Mexico wanted to take over Texas.

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

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

• 27th
• 15th
• 51st
• 28th