MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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Choose the names of the five presidents during the time where Texas was trying to be annexed into the U.S. and added as a state.
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Washington, Jackson, Kennedy, Clinton, Reagan
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Monroe, Madison, Jefferson, Adams, Washington
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Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On December 27, 1845, U.S. President James K. Polk signed the annexation bill into law and formally recognized Texas as the 28th state of the Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sam Houston, commander of the Texas army during the fight for independence from Mexico and the first president of the Republic of Texas, was a strong advocate of annexation. In 1845, the political climate proved more favorable to the request for statehood.
Detailed explanation-3: -After handing over the reins of government to his successor, Zachary Taylor, the Whig candidate whom he had correctly suspected of planning to use his Mexican War heroism to seek the presidency, Polk embarked on an extensive tour of the southern states.
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