Week 15 Studies Weekly Texas Annexation

Manifest Destiny means _______.

• obvious fate

• glorious fate

• sharing liberty

• mission of fate

What is the idea behind manifest destiny?

• It was America's right and mission to spread opportunities and beliefs from coast to coast.

• We did not need to make the U.S. any larger

• We did not need to Annex Texas

The biggest concern over annexation was ​ (a)  

• slavery.
• agriculture
• increased taxes
• tariffs

Texas joined the United States as the _______​ (a)   ___ state.

• 28th
• 12th
• 41st
• 8th
• 11th

When Texas became a state in 1845, what was Henderson elected to be ​ (a)   ​

• governor.
• president
• colonel
• mayor

James K. Polk served as which president of the U.S.?

• 12th

• 28th

• 11th

• 1st

Polk had ___ goals that he managed to meet.

• 3

• 4

• 12

• 18

One of Polk's Goals was to add _____ to the United States.

• California

• New York

• Oklahoma

• New Mexico

President ​ (a)   formed peace treaties with the American Indians that his successors did not follow.

• Sam Houston
• Stephen F. Austin
• Mr. Slone
• James Henderson

What caused the Mexican-American War?

• Texas becoming the 28th state of the U.S.

• Mexico wanted California

• Mexico didn't want to pay the U.S. 15 billion dollars.