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WorksheetsEarly Annexation of Texas
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was President of the United States when Texas was annexed?
a)
President Polk
b)
President Tyler
c)
President Clay
d)
President Houston
2.
By how many votes in the US Senate did annexation fail the first time?
a)
1
b)
5
c)
10
d)
30
3.
What was one of the reasons many Americans wanted to annex Texas?
a)
Northern States wanted another slave state
b)
Oil production
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
none of the above
4.
What year was annexation of Texas completed?
a)
1844
b)
1846
c)
1845
d)
1832
5.
Who was President of Texas during annexation?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Anson Jones
c)
James Polk
d)
Mirabeau Lamar
6.
What is a Joint Resolution in Congress?
a)
agreement between President and Congress
b)
informal expression of intent, requires a simple majority to pass (less than 2/3 necessary for a treaty)
c)
agreement between President of Texas and President of US
d)
formal expression of intent, requires simple majority to pass (less than 2/3 necessary for a treaty)
7.
How many states did they say Texas could be divided into?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
8.
On December 29, 1845, Texas became the ____ state of the Union.
a)
50th
b)
5th
c)
18th
d)
28th
9.
February 19, 1846, James Pinckney Henderson became the _____ Governor of Texas.
a)
first
b)
second
c)
temporary
d)
ad interim
10.
Constitution of 1845 was modeled after the US, Republic of Texas, and ____________ constitutions.
a)
Mexico
b)
Alabama
c)
Louisiana
d)
Oklahoma
11.
What did the Constitution of 1845 ban?
a)
slavery
b)
homesteads
c)
banks
d)
high emissions
12.
Sam Houston did NOT support annexation.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Anson Jones supported all of Sam Houston's positions on issues.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Texas was annexed into the US as a territory at first.
a)
True
b)
False
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