History Review: Unit 6- Texas Annexation

Why did Sam Houston support annexation by the United States?

• He believed annexation would solve some of Texan's problems.

• He wanted slavery to end.

• He believed that Texas could become a powerful nation.

• He wanted foreign allegiance.

________________ wanted slavery to be allowed.

• Southern States

• Northern States

_________________________ wanted slavery to be illegal.

• Southern States

• Northern States

At first, the United States ________________ Texas to join because Texas allowed slavery.

• wanted

• asked

• did not want

The Mexican Government was also angry with Texas trying to join the United States and warned them that:

• They would not give up new Mexico and California.

• Any attempt at annexation would lead to war.

• They would not sign a peace treaty.

• Texas still belonged to them.

President ______________________ believed in Manifest Destiny.

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• John F. Kennedy

• James K. Polk

President James K. Polk believed the United States should take actions to spread its borders from:

• Texas to Louisiana

• Coast to Coast

• Florida to Maine

• North to South

In what year was Texas annexed?

• 1849

• 1845

• 1840

• 1838

When deciding the territory, Mexico claimed that the border would be....

• the Rio Grande River

• the Mississippi River

• the San Jacinto River

• the Nueces River

When deciding the territory, Texas claimed that the border would be....

• the Rio Grande River

• the Mississippi River

• the San Jacinto River

• the Nueces River