Early Texas Statehood

Why did the U.S. want to annex the Republic of Texas?

• More land, more power

• Closer to completing Manifest Destiny

• Common culture with Texans

• All the above

Why did the Republic of Texas want to be annexed by the U.S.?

• Protection from Mexico and the natives

• Help paying off their debt

• Common culture with America

• All the above

Why did the U.S. NOT want to annex the Republic of Texas?

• Texas was a slave state

• Possible war with Mexico

• Texas' debt

• All the above

Who had more advantages in the Mexican-American War?

• America

• Mexico

What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Treaty of Fort Sumter

What is NOT true about the Mexican Cession?

• Mexico ceded all of their NW lands.

• It included 7 modern day states.

• It helped the U.S. achieve Manifest Destiny.

• It happened before Texas annexation.

The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 led to a strong division across the U.S., resulting in two main sections forming. What is this called?

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Popular sovereignty

• Annexation

What is popular sovereignty?

• the idea that the people give the government is power by voting

• the process of one larger country taking over a smaller country

• being loyal to only your section of the country

• giving up a large portion of your land to someone else

What effect did the Compromise of 1850 have on Texas?

• It gave Texas its current borders.

• Helped Texas solve their debt problems.

• Made Texas cede a lot of land.

• All the above

_________________believes that the Nueces River is the border, ______________ believes the Rio Grande River is the border

• Spain, Mexico

• United States, Mexico

• Mexico, United States

• Mexico, Spain