Texas History

What was the effect of Sam Houston's refusal to take this oath?

• Texas did not secede from the Union

• Sam Houston was removed as governor.

• Sam Houston was appointed as a general in the Union army.

• Texas amended the state constitution to remove this oath

How did the Compromise of 1850 affect Texas?

• Many southerners from the U.S. moved to Texas

• New borders were established for Texas

• Texas was admitted to the union of the United States

• The practice of enslaving people expanded

Most Texans wanted to quickly rejoin the United States once they gained their independence from Mexico. Why did the United States delay the annexation of Texas?

• The United States really never had an interest in annexing Texas.

• Issues related to slavery and Mexico caused the United States to delay the annexation

• Texas could not raise the required "annexation fee" they owed to the United States.

• The annexation would require Mexico to recognize the independence of Texas, which they refused to do

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

• most Texans had originally come from the U.S. and still had family or friends there

• annexation to the U.S. would eliminate the imminent threat from Mexico

• the U.S. could help take over the debt that Texas owed

• All of these answers are correct

What is the territory that the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the image? 

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the God-given right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?

• a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory

• issues arising from the boundaries of Texas

• the discovery of gold in California

• the relocation of Native Americans from the southeast

This war occurred due to Manifest Destiny and the Annexation of Texas. The United States wins the war and pays Mexico $15 million for the Mexican Cession.

Document that ended the U.S. - Mexican War. (1848)

Treaty of ______________ _____________

Texas joined the United States through a process called