Texas Annexation

Why did Texans favor annexation into the United States?

• Texas would keep 100 million acres of public land

• Debts would be paid and protection would be provided

• Texas would be a territory rather than a state

• Texas would be turned into 5 separate states

What was President Anson Jones' famous quote when Texas became a state in the U. S.?

• "Victory or Death"

• "The Republic of Texas is no more."

• "Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations..."

• "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

TRUE OR FALSE:

Adding another slave state (Texas) to the U.S. would upset the balance between free and slave states.

• TRUE

• FALSE

When was the REPUBLIC of Texas formed?

• When Texas became independent from Mexico in 1836

• When the U.S. formally recognized Texas' independence

• When Texas was annexed into the U.S.

The main issue that prevented the United States from annexing Texas earlier than it did was?

• Whether slavery would be allowed in Texas or not?

• What language would be spoken?

• What to do with the Native Americas?

• Not wanting to upset Spain.

What was the significance of the year 1845 in Texas History?

• The Texans lost the Battle of the Alamo

• Texas was annexed by the United States

• Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas

• The Spanish built the Mission San Antonio de Valero

Which war happened because of Texas Annexation?

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

President Mirabeau Lamar was against Texas annexation.

• True

• False

Sam Houston did NOT support annexation.

• True

• False

When the Republic of Texas gave up its independence, it joined the United States as a --

• free trade zone
• sovereign nation
• territory
• state