Annexation of Texas Quiz

What does annexation mean?

• to take over land

• to give land away

• something your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend takes away

• the idea that the US should spread coast to coast

Which of these is not a reason in favor of annexing Texas?

• Many Southerners moved to Texas.

• The US would offer protection against the Mexican Army.

• Texas didn't have a stable economy.

• Texans were in favor of slavery.

Manifest Destiny is...

• the idea that the US should spread from coast to coast.

• the idea that Native Americans should have their own reservations.

• a journey of discovery.

• the taking of land.

The British were trying to keep the peace between Mexico and Texas.

• true

• false

Everyone was in favor of annexing Texas.

• true

• false

______ were afraid that the slave states would upset the balance of power.

• abolitionists

• immigration

• cessions

• expeditions

Select all the reasons that someone would be opposed to annexing Texas?

• Texas owed over $10 million.

• The size of Texas would upset the balance of power.

• Texas was not officially independent of Mexico.

• Texas would fulfill Manifest Destiny.

The election of 1844 signaled...

• the willingness of Americans to accept Texas.

• that Texas would never become a state.

• that Texas would forever be a slave state.

• that the British would annex Texas.

Select all that apply:

Texas agreed to sell territory that included parts of present day...

• Colorado

• Kansas

• Oklahoma

• New Mexico

• Wyoming

Cession is the act of...

• taking territory forcefully.

• giving up territory to keep the peace.

• owing money to the government.

• extending the US from coast to coast.