Republic of Texas & Texas Annexation

True or False, it did not matter to the United States that Texas was so deeply in debt when it came to annexation?

• True
• False

What was a question the U.S. had to debate when trying to decide if Texas should be allowed to join the union?

• How adding a slave state would affect the balance of Congress

• Who would control the Port of Galveston

• Whether Lamar should be thrown in jail for the Santa Fe Expedition

True or false, the Capital of Texas when it became a part of the United States was Houston.

• True
• False

True or False, Lamar cut funding for education and the Texas Navy when he became the president of the Republic of Texas.

• True
• False

When Texas became a Republic this meant that...

• Texas was its own nation

• Texas was a state in the United States

• Texas was a territory of the United States

According to the joint resolution, in order to join The United States, Texas had to adopt a constitution, agree to be divided into five states, vote on annexation, and _____________?

• Could keep public lands

• Had to give up control of all of their lands

• Could not vote for ten years.

Which part of Texas did both Mexico and Texas claim as part of their own?

• Land south of the Rio Grande River

• Land north of the Nueces River

• Land between the Rio Grande and Nueces Rivers

Which was NOT an issue that delayed Texas from becoming a part of the United States

• A large amount of debt
• Fear of Upsetting Mexico
• Slavery In Texas
• Texas having a large amount of Texas Rangers

True or False, Lamar wanted to make peace with the Native Americans?

• True
• False

True or False, Sam Houston wanted to make peace with the Native Americans

• True
• False