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Why did the U.S. delay the annexation of Texas after Texans won their independence from Mexico?

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Issues concerning slavery and Mexico caused the U.S to delay annexation.

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This map shows the Republic of Texas. What label belongs in the striped section?

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Disputed Territory

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Who was the first elected President of the Republic of Texas?

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Sam Houston

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Which of the following was a big issue that the presidents of Texas had to deal with? Public Debt, Native Americans, Relations with Mexico, All of these answers are correct

Back

All of these answers are correct

Front

The 2nd President of Texas moved the capital of the Republic from the city of Houston to -

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Austin

Front

The “Drawing of the Black Beans” was a way to determine which Texan prisoner would be –

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executed

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Why was the annexation of Texas into the U.S. such a popular idea in Texas?

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most Texans had originally come from the U.S. and still had family or friends there, annexation into the U.S. would eliminate the looming threat from Mexico, the U.S. could help take care of the debt that Texas owed.

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When did Texas officially become a state in the U.S.?

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December 29, 1845

Front

The most common cash crop grown by Texas farmers was –

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cotton

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Which of these lists all the Presidents of Texas in the correct chronological order? Austin, Jones, Houston, Lamar, Houston, Lamar, Houston, Jones, Burnet, Houston, Lamar, Houston, Jackson, Lamar, Houston, Polk

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Houston, Lamar, Houston, Jones