Texas Early Statehood Vocab Quiz

The United States _________ Texas as a state in 1845, adding new land to the U.S's existing territory.

• Cessioned

• Annexed

• Adopted

• Incorporated

This person was the first President of the Republic of Texas

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Sam Houston

• Anson Jones

• Stephen F. Austin

The Texans sparked a ________ to bring about change and become independent of Mexico

• Compromise

• Revolution

• Boycott

• Revolt

The Treaty of Velaso, which came at the end of the Texas Revolution required Mexico to __________ land to the Republic of Texas, decreasing Mexico's overall land mass.

• trade

• cession

• sell

• forfiet

Please match each President of the Republic of Texas (ROT) in the correct order

• Anson Jones

• The third President of the ROT

• Sam Houston

• The second President of the ROT

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• The final President of the ROT

an agreement in which both sides give up some demands

• compromise

• foreign relations

• cession

The idea (in the 1800s) that the United States should expand to include the territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

• The American Dream

• Manifest Destiny

• Territorial Expansion

• Uniting the 50 states

Domestic affairs are...

• issues between Mexico and Texas

• issues within a relationship

• issues within a household

• issues within a home country