Texas Annexation

What was the main issue between Texas and Mexico during the Republic of Texas?

• Santa Anna was still being held captive

• Mexico did not recognize the Independence of Texas

• Mexico did not like the mistreatment of Natives by the Texans

What year was Texas annexed to the United States?

• 1819
• 1836
• 1845
• 1861

What was Texas Annexation?

• Texas becoming the 28th state of the United States
• Texas becoming a independent country
• Texas joining the Confederacy
• Texas joining Mexico

What is Manifest Destiny?

• Texas' future to reach the Pacific ocean.
• Americans' belief that it was their God given right to own the land from East to West, from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.
• An angel flying through the air from East to West.
• The progress of the White man

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

• Northern States wanted another slave state
• Oil production
• Manifest Destiny
• none of the above

Annexation of Texas was controversial in the United States because ____________________________________.

• it would increase the number of states that did not allow slavery
• it could lead to war with Spain
• it would increase the number of states that allowed slavery
• it would interfere with Manifest Destiny

What does annexation mean?

• to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc
• to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important. Definition 2: to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state:Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia.
• important; of consequence. Definition 2: having or expressing a meaning; indicative; suggestive:

What was a question the U.S. had to debate when trying to decide if Texas should be allowed to join the union?

• How adding a slave state would affect the balance of Congress
• Who would control the Port of Galveston 
• Whether Lamar should be thrown in jail for the Santa Fe Expedition
• Who would be the leader of Texas when they became a territory

Why would Americans want to delay Annexing Texas?

• Excited to acquire Galveston beaches.

• Hoping Santa Anna would run for President of USA.

• Afraid of War with Mexico

One challenge of the Republic of Texas was ...

• saving land for public education to have schools

• farming

• lack of money

• selling everything they found in Texas