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Annexation: The Lone Star State

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  • Q1
    What U.S. President was known for Manifest Destiny and wanted Texas to join the United States?
    Mirabeau Lamar
    Martin Van Buren
    James K Polk
    Sam Houston
    30s
  • Q2
    Why would Mexico be upset about Texas joining the United States?
    Mexico wanted to expand into California
    Mexico still claimed land in Texas
    Mexico wanted to trade with the United States, but not Texas
    Mexico wanted Texas to rejoin Mexico
    30s
  • Q3
    The 1844 U.S. presidential election had an impact on Texas annexation. What was that impact?
    James Polk's victory sped up the United States to annex Texas.
    Henry Clay's loss meant that the annexation of Texas would be canceled and Texas would stay its own country.
    Martin Van Buren's election meant that the annexation process would take longer.
    There was no effect on Texas from the 1844 U.S. presidential election.
    30s
  • Q4
    Which agreement called for the United States to pay the Republic of Texas' debts of $12 million for the Texas Revolution?
    Treaty of Annexation in 1844
    The Compromise of 1850
    Mexican Compromise of 1850
    The Gadsden Purchase
    30s
  • Q5
    Why did some people in the U.S. Senate oppose the annexation treaty of 1844?
    Texas did not allow women to vote
    There would be more non-slave states than slave states
    Annexation would give slave states a political advantage (Advantage in voting for what they want since there would be more slave states)
    Texas would be the largest state in the United States and Senators from New York wanted to be the biggest state
    30s
  • Q6
    How did people in the U.S. define Manifest Destiny?
    The U.S. had the right to settle North America from coast to coast (East to West)
    The United States needed to trade with England, France, and Spain
    The United States should conquer Mexico
    The United States needed to compete with Mexico
    30s
  • Q7
    Why would someone from Texas be in favor of annexation to the United States?
    Texas would be able to do whatever it wanted
    Texas would get to keep all of its land and not have to give anything to the United States
    The debts from the Republic of Texas would be paid by the United States
    Texas would be a territory instead of a state (Like Puerto Rico)
    30s
  • Q8
    Why would the United States become hesitant in annexing Texas after the Mier Expedition?
    The U.S. told Texas if they attacked Mexico, they would not annex them
    If Texas joined the U.S., then they would bring the problems that they have with Mexico to the United States
    The United States thought that it would start a war with Mexico if Texas joined the United States
    The U.S. would add another slave state to the Union
    30s
  • Q9
    Why would the United States like to annex Texas?
    They would have another state in the United States
    Having Texas would allow the United States to trade with Mexico
    It would increase the size of the United States and more land would be available for the Americans to settle
    It would be a state that could help attack Mexico
    30s
  • Q10
    Why would Mirabeau Lamar not want Texas to be annexed by the United States?
    He wanted Texas to invade the United States
    He wanted to give Texas back to Mexico
    He wanted to keep Texas independent because he thought Texas did not need the United States
    He was the President of Texas and if Texas joined the United States, he would no longer be President
    30s
  • Q11
    What were the cons (reasons why) Texas should not join the U.S.?
    Texas had a lot of debt, had slavery, and Mexico felt that they still owned Texas
    Texas had open trade with Mexico and the U.S. did not want to trade with Mexico
    Texas believed they did not have to follow the rules of the United States
    The United States would have to deal with a large Spanish culture
    30s
  • Q12
    What were the pros (reasons why) Texas should join the U.S.?
    A shipping port, an American population, a lot of land, and a large amount of space that needed to be settled
    A large amount of land and a president
    A border with Mexico that made trading easier
    Horses, crops, gold, and issues with Mexico
    30s
  • Q13
    What was the land purchase from Mexico by the United States that included the southern area of New Mexico and Arizona? The United States got this land to build a railroad.
    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
    Texas Annexation
    Gadsden Purchase
    The Treaty of San Jacinto
    30s
  • Q14
    What was a big feature of the Compromise of 1850?
    California would be a free state (No slavery)
    Mexico gave California to the United States
    New Mexico would go back to Mexico
    Half of the new territory would be admitted as slave states and the other half would be free states
    30s
  • Q15
    What did General Zachary Taylor do that gave him fame in the Untied States?
    He commanded only Texas troops
    He captured Mexico City
    He claimed California for himself
    He claimed Texas should be its own country again
    30s

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