Unit 6,7, & 8 Test

What year did Texas gain their independence from Mexico?

• 1840

• 1845

• 1836

• 1776

Who signed the Treaty of Velasco?

• Stephen F. Austin

• Santa Anna

• Sam Houston

• Davy Crockett

Mexico said the ______ River was the border, Texas said the _______ Rio Grande.

• Rio Grande, Nueces

• Brazos, Guadalupe

• Nueces, Rio Grande

In Sam Houston's First Term Texas

WAS RECOGNIZED/WAS NOT RECOGNIZED as an independent country

• Was

• Was Not

Sam Houston’s first term

PEACE WAS or WAS NOT

made with Native Americans (think about the Cordova Rebellion) 

• Peace was

• Was not

During Sam Houston's second term, he signed a ____ with the Natives

• U.S. Constitution

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Battle Treaty

• Peace Treaty

3 Reasons Texas WANTED to be annexed into the U.S.

• Protection from Mexico

• Pay off Debt

• Anglos were from the U.S. to begin with

• Texas was scared of the United States

3 reasons Texas DID NOT want to be annexed into the U.S.

• Texas wanted to join Mexico again

• Expansion to the Pacific on our OWN

• Just gained Independence

• U.S. did not want us to join them

3 reasons U.S. WANTED to annex Texas

• Westward Expansion (Manifest Destiny)

• Keep England out of Texas

• Wanted all the Oil in Texas

• South wanted another Slave State

3 reasons U.S. DID NOT want to annex Texas

• Avoid war with Mexico over the boundary line

• North states did not want another slave state

• U.S. felt Texas was a threat

• Large debt would be occured