Texas Annexation and War with Mexico

Which war happened because of Texas Annexation?

• Texas Revolution
• American Revolution
• US Mexican War
• Civil War

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 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

What was one of the reasons the annexing of Texas was supported?

• the power of Congress would be unbalanced

• Texas Revolution debt would be paid

• war with Mexico was likely

• none of the above

What was one of the reasons Texas annexation was opposed?

• the power of Congress would be unbalanced

• Texas Revolution debt would be paid

• war with Spain was likely

• none of the above

What was one of the reasons Texas annexation was opposed?

• slavery would decrease

• Manifest Destiny

• war with Mexico was likely

• none of the above

What river did Mexico feel was the boundary to Texas?

• The Nueces River
• The Mississippi River
• The Rio Grande
• The Nile River

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

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

Which part of Texas did both Mexico and Texas claim as part of their own?

• Land south of the Rio Grande River
• Land north of the Nueces River
• Land between the Rio Grande and Nueces Rivers
• Land east of the Sabine River