Annexation &

Manifest Destiny

AnnexationAnnexation- one area joining another.

Why do you Why do you thinkthink

Texas wouldTexas would

want to bewant to be

Annexed by Annexed by the U.S?the U.S?

Reasons TX wanted to beReasons TX wanted to be annexedannexed

Protection of U.S. army

Reasons Texas wanted to be annexed

Become part of the U.S. postal U.S. postal

system.system.

Reasons Texas wanted to be annexed

Become Become part of the part of the

U.S. U.S. money money system.system.

Reasons Texas wanted to be Reasons Texas wanted to be annexedannexed

Manifest DestinyManifest Destiny; the idea that Americans ; the idea that Americans by right must own the whole continent by right must own the whole continent

from the Atlantic to the Pacificfrom the Atlantic to the Pacific

What reasons What reasons would the would the U.S. not U.S. not want to want to annex annex

Texas?Texas?

Reasons U.S. didn’t want to annex TX

Fear of war with Mexico.

Mexico didn’t

recognize Texas as an independent country.

Reasons U.S. didn’t want to annex TX

Texas would be a slave Texas would be a slave state. state. (Upsetting the balance & (Upsetting the balance & potentially giving greater support potentially giving greater support

in Congress, to slave states).in Congress, to slave states).

When When would would Texas Texas

be be AnnexedAnnexed

??????

Election of 1844Election of 1844

Polk Polk wantedwanted to to annexannex

TXTX

Henry Clay Henry Clay didn'tdidn't want want to to annexannex TX TX

Polk Won!Polk Won!

Texas was Texas was annexedannexed- it - it joined the U.S.joined the U.S.

TX becomes the 28TX becomes the 28thth state.state.

The Admission Act:The Admission Act:set the terms for TX set the terms for TX annexationannexation

TX: TX: 2828thth statestate TX would keep TX would keep

all all its public its public land. land.

The U.S. The U.S. wouldn’t wouldn’t pay pay any of Texas’any of Texas’ debtdebt..

What is Manifest What is Manifest Destiny?Destiny?

The belief that it was The belief that it was the U.S.’sthe U.S.’s rightright to to control all the land control all the land from the from the AtlanticAtlantic to to the the PacificPacific OceanOcean..

Manifest DestinyManifest DestinyDoes this Does this map agree map agree

with or with or disagree disagree with the with the idea of idea of

Manifest Manifest Destiny?Destiny?

Do you think people in the U.S. used Do you think people in the U.S. used Manifest Destiny as cover, or excuse, Manifest Destiny as cover, or excuse, for a greedy desire to take more for a greedy desire to take more land, even if it belonged to someone land, even if it belonged to someone else? Explainelse? Explain

1. 1. What was the effect of westward expansion on the American Indians?

A. Many American Indians joined the U.S. army.B. American Indian cities were built across the

state.C. The government tried to move them onto

reservations.D. The U.S. forced them to move into Mexico.

2.2. Westward expansion resulted in Texas Westward expansion resulted in Texas Indians experiencing-Indians experiencing-

A. An increase in population.A. An increase in population.

B. A loss of land along the frontier.B. A loss of land along the frontier.

C. A decline in religious activities.C. A decline in religious activities.

D. An improved standard of living.D. An improved standard of living.

3.In the quote above, the President of the Republic of Texas is referring to the-

A. end of slavery in the South.B. Declaration of Independence from Mexico.C. Secession of Texas from the United States.D. Annexation of Texas to the United States.

“ The final act in this great drama is now performed. The Republic of Texas is no more.”

- Anson Jones

The EndThe End

Texas History is the GreatestTexas History is the Greatest