(M) Early Statehood REVIEW

Organize these options into the right categories.

Groups:

(a) Houston's 1st Term

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(b) Lamar

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(c) Houston's 2nd Term

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(d) Jones

•  Father of Education

• called Texas Congress to accept annexation

• Last president of the Republic

• Expanded Texas Rangers

•  forced Cherokee out of Texas

• Tried to reduce government debt

• Opposed annexation

•  supported annexation

• Supported peace and trade treaties with Native Americans

What were the two main reasons the United States opposed annexing Texas?

• Fear of war with Canada and desire to maintain balance of power in Europe
• Desire for peaceful relations with Mexico and economic instability in Texas
• Potential conflict with Mexico and balance of power between free and slave states

During Houston’s and Lamar’s presidencies, what organization did they rely on to defend the frontier?

• Texas Rangers

• Texas Army

• Texas Navy

What did Texas have to do AFTER annexation?

• Notify Mexico

• Write a state constitution

• Write a republic constitution

 At the Convention of 1845, delegates used the constitution from the  state of ​ (a)   as a guide to help write the constitution for Texas.

• Louisiana
• Texas
• Mexico

U.S. President James K. Polk supported annexing Texas because he believed that the United States should own land from coast to coast. What was the term for this belief of expanding from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

• Texas Annexation

• Mexican Cession

• Manifest Destiny

In what year did Texas become the 28th state of the United States?

• 1836

• 1718

• 1845

There was a border dispute between Texas and Mexico plus Mexico still did not recognize Texas independence. ​ Texas claimed the border was the ​ (a)   but Mexico claimed it was the ​ (b)   .

• Rio Grande
• Nueces River
• Red River

Which river did the United States recognize as the border between Texas and Mexico?

• Rio Grande

• Red River

• Nueces River

What is the belief of expanding from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

• Compromise of 1850

• Manifest Destiny

• Abolition