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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (148180)	5/24/2001 12:29:52 AM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

rice.edu I checked with our specialist of that era, Jean Carefoot, about this and her reply (verbatim) follows. I hope this answers your question. Nothing in the U.S. Congressional Joint Resolution which offered annexation to Texas or in the Convention's agreement to accept the Joint Resolution's terms said that Texas could seceed. The agreement DOES give Texas the right to split its territory into four additional states of "convenient size" and in the 1970s, Texas legislators had fun proposing that Texas increase it U.S. Senatorial presence by splitting. They argued that, if the U.S. rejected that proposal, the rejection would nullify the terms of the Resolution and would therefore nullify the acts proceeding therefrom. TEXAS MONTHLY did an article, "Divide and Conquer" by Griffin Smith, Jr. in its January 1975 issue that addresses the issue and has some fun with the potential consequences of either the subdivision or restoration of Republican status. (Texas would have done well in the national lineup in the mid-70s--maybe we should have tried it!) Laura Saegert State Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library (512) 463-5480 lsaegert@tsl.texas.gov tsha.utexas.edu Question 6: Shortly after Texas independence in 1836, the citizens of the new Republic voted to seek annexation by the United States, fearing another attack by Mexico. Strong opposition emerged in the U.S. Congress, led by then congressman John Quincy Adams. In 1845, under President James K. Polk, annexation was finally accomplished. What were the unique aspects of the annexation? a.Texas was able to keep its public lands b.Texas retained the right to split into five states c.Annexation was based on a joint resolution of Congress d.The annexation led to the Mexican American War e.All of the above Answer. e. All of the above