Republic of Texas Review-3.0

How did Texas’s money problems help lead to joining the United States?

• Texas became richer and didn’t need help.

• Texas needed help and wanted to join a stronger country.

• Texas wanted to get more land.

• Texas made friends with Native Texans.

How did fights over land with Native Texans make Texas want to join the United States?

• Texas became peaceful.

• The fights made Texas unsafe, so joining the U.S. seemed better.

• Texas stopped slavery because of the fights.

• Texas got along better with Mexico.

How did Mexico not accepting Texas as a country make joining the U.S. harder?

• It made joining the U.S. easy.

• It caused problems and arguments about land.

• It made Texas and Mexico friends.

• It made Texas want to stay alone.

How did the Missouri Compromise affect talks about Texas joining the U.S.?

• It fixed all problems about slavery.

• People worried about having more slave states than free states.

• It made Mexico want Texas.

• It stopped people from fighting against slavery.

How did people who wanted to end slavery feel about Texas joining the U.S.?

• They wanted more slavery.

• They did not want Texas to join because it allowed slavery.

• They did not care about Texas.

• They wanted Texas to stay alone.

What was Texas’s money situation before joining the United States?

• Texas’s debt got smaller after joining.

• Texas had a lot of debt before joining.

• Texas was rich before joining.

• Debt did not matter for joining.

How did problems with Native Texans affect Texas before joining the U.S.?

• Native Texans wanted Texas to join the U.S.

• Fights with Native Texans made Texas less safe.

• Native Texans fixed all land problems.

• Native Texans did not matter for joining.

Why did Mexico’s land claims make it hard for Texas to join the U.S.?

• It made joining easy.

• It caused fights and trouble between countries.

• It made Texas want to join Mexico.

• It stopped slavery in Texas.

How did slavery affect the United States when thinking about Texas joining?

• Everyone wanted Texas to join.

• People argued about slavery and disagreed.

• No one talked about slavery.

• Texas joined right away.

Why did some people not want Texas to join the United States?

• They worried about more debt and more slavery.

• They wanted the country to get bigger.

• They wanted Native Texans to keep their land.

• They liked Mexican culture.