Texas Annexation

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

• Manifest Destiny

• oil production

• Northern states wanted another slave state

• none of the above

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

• President Clay

• President Houston

• President Polk

• President Tyler

What year was Texas annexed to the United States?

• 1845

• 1836

• 1861

• 1819

What is Manifest Destiny?

• Texas' future to reach the Pacific Ocean.

• The progress of the women.

• An angel flying through the air from East to West.

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

Which of the following was a reason that the United States did not want to annex Texas in 1837?

• Annexation would likely start a war between the United States and Mexico.

• The United States did not recognize the independence of the Texas Republic.

• Annexation would raise problems with slaveholders in the United States.

• The United States had laws forbidding any slave state to be admitted to the Union.

The United States perspective on annexation was...

• it would make Mexico happy.

• it did not want to anger Mexico.

• the government would have to pay off the Republic's debt.

What does annexation mean?

• To surrender/give up/take away

• Add or attach territory; to take

• To leave or shut out from consideration

Texas's green light for getting annexed was it could...

• have more power and pay off its debt.

• find more land for Freedmen to work.

• find Waldo.

• find more land for industry.

Texans and the United States shared a __________?

• common enemy

• common culture

• none of these

What was Texas Annexation?

• Texas becoming an independent country.

• Texas joining the Confederacy.

• Texas becoming the 28th U.S. state.

• Texas joining Mexico.