MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Question
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Mexico still claimed Texas
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Texas still allowed slavery
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The purchase price was too high
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It was too late to become a state
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Some Americans opposed the annexation of Texas because of its implications for the balance of power between free states and slave states in the United States Congress. Starting at least in the 1820s, the issue of slavery increasingly important in American politics.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prior to the annexation, many Americans opposed taking Texas into the Union because it was a slave holding state and it would contribute to the growing hostility between slave states and free states. Americans also feared that the annexation of Texas could lead to war with Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -Politics in the United States fractured over the issue of whether Texas should be admitted as a slave or free state. In the end, Texas was admitted to the United States a slave state. The annexation of Texas contributed to the coming of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).