Texas History Exam

What happened as a result of president statement to the US Congress?

The United States declared war on Mexico

Most Americans believed that succession would lead to what?

Civil war

Withdraw/leave

Secede

Supporting only your section of the country

Sectionalism

Idea that the US will expand from the coast to coast

Manifest destiny

States have more power than the national government

States rights

Adding Land as a new state

Annexation

How does the manifest destiny relate to the annexation of Texas to the United States?

Support of the manifest destiny will lead to many Americans to favor the annexation of Texas

Why was the south so concerned that slavery might be abolished?

There are comedy was based on agriculture and slave labor

What did the confederate constitution do?

Protected slavery and gave more power to the states

US Constitution

Gave more power to the national government and did not protect slavery

What is sectionalism?

Focusing on ideas that would benefit certain regions more than the entire nation

Which of the following best describes the major reason for opposition to the annexation of Texas

American did not want to pay off Texas‘s depths from the Texas Revolution

How did Texans feel about the situation?

So proposed to, however, the votes were overwhelmingly in favor of succession

(Multiple-choice) true of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

1. The Rio Grande was recognized as the border of US and Mexico.

2. The US indexation of Texas was recognized by Mexico

3. Sold California and the rest of the territory north of the Rio Grande to United States for 15 million