Texas Annexation

What year was Texas annexed to the United States?

• 1819
• 1836
• 1845
• 1861

What was Texas Annexation?

• Texas becoming the 28th state of the United States
• Texas becoming a independent country
• Texas joining the Confederacy
• Texas joining Mexico

What is Manifest Destiny?

• Texas' future to reach the Pacific ocean.
• Americans' belief that it was their God given right to own the land from East to West, from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.
• An angel flying through the air from East to West.
• The progress of the White man

Who was President of the United States when Texas was annexed?

• President Polk
• President Tyler
• President Clay
• President Houston

What was one of the reasons many Americans wanted to annex Texas?

• Northern States wanted another slave state
• Oil production
• Manifest Destiny
• none of the above

What was a popular belief in the U.S. during the early 1800's that the country will expand its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean?

• Annexation
• Archives
• Republic
• Manifest Destiny

Annexation of Texas was controversial in the United States because ____________________________________.

• it would increase the number of states that did not allow slavery
• it could lead to war with Spain
• it would increase the number of states that allowed slavery
• it would interfere with Manifest Destiny

What does annexation mean?

• to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc
• to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important. Definition 2: to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state:Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia.
• important; of consequence. Definition 2: having or expressing a meaning; indicative; suggestive:

The U.S. Senate rejected the 1844 annexation treaty because _____.

• Texas allowed slavery
• the government would have to pay off the republic's debt

Who was the first country to recognize Texas as a Republic?

• Mexico
• Germany
• United States
• France