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| texas annexation definitions | |||
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| 1 | 1845. originally refused in 1837, as the u.s. government believed that the annexation would lead to war with mexico. texas remained a sovereign nation. annexed via a joint resolution through congress, supported by president-elect polk, and approved in 1845. land from the republic of texas later bacame parts of nm, co, ok, ks, and wy. | 4 sets | |
| 2 | 0 | 3 sets | |
| 3 | gained statehood in 1845 after giving up its independence | 2 sets | |
| 4 | annexed by congress in 1845 (texas) | 2 sets | |
| 5 | this became the main issue of the presidential election of 1844. | 1 set | |
| 6 | texas gave up status as an independent nation to be added on to the united states in 1845, triggering war between the u.s. and mexico | 1 set | |
| 7 | was spanish territory, won through series of battles | 1 set | |
| 8 | texas becoming a state in 1845 and a cause of the mexican war | 1 set | |
| 9 | 1845; added texas to the us. | 1 set | |
| 10 | annex means to add a territory to a country: in 1845 texas was admitted as the 28th state | 1 set | |
| 11 | annexed texas. texas originally belonged to mexico, then gained its own independence. | 1 set | |
| 12 | texas was annexed to the u.s. as a slave state | 1 set | |
| 13 | settled by americans to grow cotton | 1 set | |
| 14 | the alamo and san jacinto were battles here | 1 set | |
| 15 | sam houston led a revolt here | 1 set | |
| 16 | mexican war hero zachary taylor is associated with this land | 1 set | |
| 17 | disputed boundary was the rio grande and nueces rivers | 1 set | |
| 18 | 1837 texas left mexico and voted to join the union | 1 set | |
| 19 | after the battle of san jacinto, the us took almost ten years to decide to make texas part of the union | 1 set | |
| 20 | on march 1, 1845, the u.s. congress passed this joint resolution extending an offer to the republic of texas. the texas legislature accepted the offer at a convention on july 4. the people of texas ratified the convention's acceptance on october 13, and texas officially joined the union on december 29, 1845. the mexican government was infuriated by this and soon the united states and mexico were at war. | 1 set | |