Unit 4 Annexation, MexicanAmerican War, Causes of Civil War

Front

During Texas History, why is the year 1845 significant?

Back

Texas is Annexed by the United States

Front

What does Manifest Destiny mean?

Back

A belief that the United States should expand to the Pacific Ocean.

Front

The belief in Manifest Destiny helped which land be brought into the Union and thus further help complete Manifest Destiny? Options: Mexico, Guam, Alaska, Texas

Back

Texas

Front

How did the belief in Manifest destiny help lead to the war with Mexico?

Back

Many Americans felt that for the United States to complete Manifest Destiny they need to take all the land west of Texas from Mexico.

Front

What caused the Mexican American War?

Back

Mexico and the U.S did not agree on the boarders of Texas.

Front

The effect of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo on Texas resulted in Mexico

Back

Acknowledging Texas as separate from Mexico and that the boarder was the Rio Grande.

Front

The Mexican Cession gave the U.S all the land west of Texas. What political issue resulted from gaining all this land?

Back

Do we allow these states to be slave states or free states?

Front

What happened to the Mexicans living on land ceded to the U.S during the Mexican Cession?

Back

If they decided to stay, they were given American citizenship and thus become American.

Front

How did sectionalism affect Texas at the start of the civil war (1861)?

Back

Most Texans were originally from slave states and wanted to maintain slavery as a result.

Front

Why does Sam Houston not want to leave the Union? Options: The United States is the only thing protecting Texas. , Plantation owners need to be taken down. , The North has more people and manufacturing power. It will overpower the South. , All slaves will be freed if they fight.

Back

The North has more people and manufacturing power. It will overpower the South.