MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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it would make Mexico happy.
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it did not want to anger Mexico.
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the government would have to pay off the Republic’s debt.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mexico also feared a domino effect-that giving up Texas would lead to the loss of their other northern territories. Many Mexicans also distrusted the other powers involved in the Texas dispute.
Detailed explanation-2: -American success on the battlefield by the summer of 1847 encouraged calls for the annexation of all of Mexico, particularly by eastern Democrats, who argued that bringing Mexico into the Union would be the best way to ensure peace in the region.
Detailed explanation-3: -They opposed annexation of any of Mexico below the Rio Grande because they did not want to extend American citizenship to Mexicans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mexico considered the annexation of Texas as an act of war. After a series of border skirmishes, President Polk asked Congress for the war declaration because, under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, only Congress could declare war.