Annexation - Mexican American War

After a War with Mexico, the United States received which territories?? (Hint: 2 Answers

• California

• Oregon

• Texas

• Florida

Select all the reasons that someone would be opposed to annexing Texas?

• Texas owed over $10 million.

• The size of Texas would upset the balance of power.

• Texas was not officially independent of Mexico.

• Texas would fulfill Manifest Destiny.

This president was a strong believer in expanding the nation westward

• Henry Clay
• Andrew Jackson
• James K. Polk

Manifest Destiny is...

• the idea that the US should spread from coast to coast.

• the idea that Native Americans should have their own reservations.

• a journey of discovery.

• the taking of land.

Texas was the _____ state to join the United States?

• 28

• 1

• 50

• 100

What does annexation mean?

• the act of a country adding territory to its borders

• to give land away

• something your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend takes away

• the idea that the US should spread coast to coast

Everyone was in favor of annexing Texas.

• true

• false

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

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• James K. Polk

• William Henry Harrison

Choose the effects of the Mexican American War (2 answers)

• Mexican Cession

• Border becomes the Rio Grande

• Texas Annexation

• Texas border dispute

The Treaty of _____________ officially ended the war.

• Mexico City

• Paris

• Guadalupe Hidalgo