MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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it would increase the number of states that did not allow slavery.
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it would interfere with Manifest Destiny.
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it would increase the number of states that allowed slavery.
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it could lead to war with Spain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The annexation of Texas was controversial due to its impact on American politics regarding the issue of slavery and the expansion of slavery westward. Pro-slavery Democrats and Whigs supported annexation because it would give them more numbers in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Detailed explanation-2: -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).
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States gained California, Arizona, New Mexico, and the Rio Grande boundary for Texas, as well as portions of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado. Because of Texas annexation, America ended up gaining a huge expansion of territory. The United States was now a true world power.